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Crack Open an Ice Cold Animation of Charles Bukowski’s Ode to Beer
Creative production studio, Nerdo, produced a short animation visualizing Bukowski's poem, "Beer."
An Artist Seeks Herself in Images of Male Role Models
Carlee Fernandez combines self-portraiture and cardboard cutouts to explore the identity politics of celebrity culture.
Gutter Poet Charles Bukowski, Animated and Uncensored
Unsurprisingly, he has a morbid explanation of his writing process.
LA's Longest-Standing Bartender Has 86'd More Celebrities Than You
We spoke to Ruben Rueda of Musso & Frank's about his views on dry martinis, 86ing movie stars, and DD’ing for Charles Bukowski.
Meeting Charles Chahwan, the Arab World's Answer to Bukowski
The Lebanese author talks American literature, the Islamic State, and how conservatism has shrunk the Arabic language.
Bukowski Would Have Hated His Own Brazilian Tribute Bars
Brazilians love Bukowski. There are Portuguese translations of Women (Mulheres) and Post Office (Correio) at newspaper kiosks, Bukowski’s ugly mug stenciled onto walls in Sao Paulo’s Vila Madalena suburb, and tribute bars.
'I Never Saw Him Drunk': An Interview with Bukowski’s Longtime Publisher
John Martin was Bukowski's publisher from 1965 until the author's death, in 1994. Despite knowing him for almost 30 years and serving as the best man at one of his weddings, Martin says he never saw the Buk hammered. But that's not to say others didn't.
Remembering Charles Bukowski Through One of His Lovers
Yes, Linda King is the one who taught Charles Bukowski how to perform oral sex. She still remembers the conversation: Bukowski said he'd never done that, because no one had asked him to. She wasn’t having it.
Charles Bukowski Would Not Have Gotten Drunk in a Bukowski-Themed Bar
Nearly two decades after his death, Charles Bukowski remains the patron saint of drunks. Now, Santa Monica, California, has a bar dedicated to Bukowski, but with $7 beers and no liquor, they've managed to take a crap all over his legacy.
A Pilgrimage to Gypsy Lou Webb, New Orleans’s Patron Saint of Beat Literature
With her husband Jon, Gypsy Lou Webb ran Loujon Press and made beautiful art books that featured poetry from Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg. At 97, she now lives off of social security and the kindness of fans.