Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life

6 best books like Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life (Howard Sounes): Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs, Charles Bukowski: A Sure Bet, Charles Bukowski, Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski, Memory Babe: A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac, Screams from the Balcony

Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs

Author	Ted Morgan
ISBN	0380708825

Anarchist, heroin addict, alcoholic, nihilist, homosexual crusader, and brilliant writer, William S. Burroughs was the patron saint and Prince of Darkness of the Beats of the 1950s. His ground-breaking avant-garde masterpiece NAKED LUNCH shocked the literary world with its graphic descriptions...

Charles Bukowski: A Sure Bet

Author	Gerald Locklin
ISBN	0934953430

Charles Bukowski, Gerald Locklin, two almost household names in the poetry small press. Who came first? Why does it matter? Each was, or is, unique in his approach to the written word. Bukowski liked to drink, to play the horses, to write, but that was not the totality of the poet or the man. Readers seems...

Charles Bukowski

Author	Barry Miles
ISBN	1852272716

Fear makes me a writer, fear and a lack of confidence. A major new biography on an increasingly important American literary icon, by the most acclaimed writer on the Beat Generation, Barry Miles. Miles knew all the key players in the Beat era, including William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, and also...

Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski

Author	Neeli Cherkovski
ISBN	0394575261

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Memory Babe: A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac

Author	Gerald Nicosia
ISBN	0520085698

In 1969 Jack Kerouac died a premature death. While his legendary lifestyle and unique creative talent made him a hero in his lifetime, his literary influence has grown steadily since. With Memory Babe (a childhood nickname honoring Kerouac's feats of memory), Gerald Nicosia gives us a complete biography...

Screams from the Balcony

Author	Charles Bukowski
ISBN	0876859147

One of the letters that made me buy this book:

"To William Wantling' nov 29 1965

maybe my last letter offended you? remember being drunk as usual but remember mentioning something about a desire to rape eleven year old girls. I said desire, not actuality. in other words, if you had an...