Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski
9 best books like Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski (Neeli Cherkovski): Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life, Charles Bukowski: A Sure Bet, Charles Bukowski, Screams from the Balcony, Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, The Beat Generation, And America, Mayakovsky: A Biography, With Billie: A New Look at the Unforgettable Lady Day, Fellini On Fellini, The Life And Death Of Andy Warhol
| Author | Howard Sounes |
| ISBN | 0802136974 |
A former postman and long-term alcoholic who did not become a full-time writer until middle age, Charles Bukowski was the author of autobiographical novels that captured the low life--including Post Office, Factotum, and Women--and made him a literary celebrity, with a major Hollywood film (Barfly)...
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...
| 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...
| 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...
| Author | Dennis McNally |
| ISBN | 0306812223 |
"A blockbuster of a biography . . . absolutely magnificent."--San Francisco Chronicle
Jack Kerouac--"King of the Beats," unwitting catalyst for the '60s counterculture, groundbreaking author--was a complex and compelling man: a star athlete with a literary bent; a spontaneous writer...
Few poets have led lives as tempestuous as that of Vladimir Mayakovsky. Born in 1893 and dead by his own hand in 1930, Mayakovsky packed his thirty-six years with drama, politics, passion, and—most important—poetry. An enthusiastic supporter of the Russian Revolution and the emerging Soviet...
| Author | Julia Blackburn |
| ISBN | 0375705805 |
Few jazz singers have become icons like Billie Holiday. In With Billie, we hear the voices of those people who knew Billie best: piano players and dancers, pimps and junkies, lovers and narcs, producers and critics, each recalling intimate stories of the Billie they knew. What emerges is a portrait...
| Author | Federico Fellini |
| ISBN | 0306806738 |
"Provides a well-rounded view of Fellini. . . . The material interestingly helps clarify Fellini's film work, and his fans will enjoy this stimulating and intellectual 'biography.'"--Library Journal
One of the greatest Italian filmmakers, Federico Fellini (1920-1993) created...
| Author | Victor Bockris |
| ISBN | 1857028058 |
A QUOTE FROM ANDY TO SET THE TONE
When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships.
POOR JOHNNY ONE NOTE
I have a problem with 90% of all modern art – no make that 95%. To put this in context, I have a problem with 95% of everything, and...
