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“I knew the story very well,” says cinematographer Bobby Bukowski about the story of Emmett Till, whose 1955 lynching at the age of 14 is depicted in the new docudrama “Till.” “My mother was a lefty ...
A documentary curio carved out of interview footage from 1981 presents the gutter-rat-of-Los-Angeles author and poet, high on red wine and his own words. Charles Bukowski, the legendary ...
The Charles Bukowski centennial occurred during a year when we’ve all gotten a chance to really clean our houses. It’s appropriate to the times that Italian critic Silvia Bizio of La Repubblica found ...
Charles Bukowski’s writing influenced many a writer, poet and musician, and now the acerbic bard of San Pedro will be appearing like he’s never been seen before. You Never Had It – An Evening with ...
Linda King hasn't kissed Charles Bukowski in more than 30 years, but she can still recall the smell of whiskey on his breath, the taste of cigarettes and the bitter scent of other women. "It wasn't ...
Among my favorite writers, Harvey Pekar and Charles Bukowski share an uncommon distinction. Despite having lowly jobs as a Cleveland veterans hospital file clerk and sorting mail in the post office, ...
Black Sparrow Press, a shoestring operation he ran out of his home, became one of the highest-profile small publishers in the U.S., championing writers like Charles Bukowski. By Adam Nossiter John ...