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Bukowski is critical of Schroeder, and the film’s stars—Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway—as well as other Hollywood figures: lawyers, producers, and other directors and actors. In May 1978, Bukowski traveled to West Germany and gave a live poetry reading of his work before an audience in Hamburg.

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Chinaski drifts from place to place, surviving through booze and women, with his biting sense of humor and a cynical view of the world. His alcoholism meant he ended up with other drunks and addicts, or women who became frustrated with his drinking. After dinner or lunch or whatever it was -- with my crazy 12-hour night I was no longer sure what was what -- I said, "Look, baby, I'm sorry, but don't you realize that this job is driving me crazy?The Great Depression bolstered his rage as he grew, and gave him much of his voice and material for his writings. POST OFFICE shows through Henry Chinasky and especially though the cast of sad, droopy-eyed postal service employees, that it's of the utmost importance not to become your job. One of the women featured in the book is a character named Lydia Vance; she is based on Bukowski's one-time girlfriend, the sculptress and sometime poet Linda King.

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British-American rapper MF Doom referred to Bukowski as inspiration for his songs, featuring a Bukowski poem in one of his songs, "Cellz", off of his 2009 album, of which the title was a reference to Bukowski's poem "Dinosauria, We": Born Like This. Most of the variation was in the woman’s name, the color of her hair, and whether or not Hank could manage to follow through with his amorous devotion to the sexual act. It was never a question of whether he had a drink or not, but rather how much alcohol he happened to have consumed on any given day.The novel offers readers a glimpse into Bukowski’s early romanticism of people who exist in the world as intruders and outcasts. Bukowski’s style is sharp, precise, and economical, and the novel is a hilarious and vulgar representation of a life lived “on the skids. Bukowski's other affairs were with a recording executive and a twenty-three-year-old redhead; he wrote a book of poetry as a tribute to his love for the latter, titled, "Scarlet" (Black Sparrow Press, 1976).

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March 22, 1987) Los Angeles Times Bukowski: He's written more than 40 books, and in Europe he's treated like a rock star. Tenía cincuenta años y no me había acostado con una mujer desde hacía cuatro… Yo había estado casado años antes, a la edad de 35. The answer is a lot less philosophical than what you would expect: when you leave school and other people stop being responsible for you. Failing to break into the literary world, Bukowski grew disillusioned with the publication process and quit writing for almost a decade, a time that he referred to as a "ten-year drunk". This is a collection of those columns and it features Bukowski writing about his life in the late 1960’s.The book is an autobiographical memoir of Bukowski's years working at the United States Postal Service. Entonces me olvidaba de la literatura, el hecho de escribir se quedaba en segundo término y a mí me poseía el episodio en sí. However, this novel is incredibly and painfully repetitive which, though intentional, is a little tiresome. He hears from a fellow drunk that the post office hires carriers during the Christmas season to handle the extra mail load and at first it seems an easy gig.