Notes of a Dirty Old Man

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some men hope for revolution, but when you revolt and set up your new government you find your new government is still the same old Papa, he has only put on a cardboard mask.” There is plenty of booze and debauchery in this collection. There were a few surprises here too, both good and bad. One good surprise was a short piece about Bukowski meeting Neal Cassady shortly before he died. It is well written, interesting and I think he does a nice summation of Cassady at the end of his life. He says that "Kerouac has written your other chapters". One disappointing surprise was Bukowski's opinion of Burroughs - "Burroughs is a very dull writer". He truly thinks Celine is the bee's knees. I have read some Celine and think he is a pretty good writer but terribly pessimistic and misanthropic - sounds right up Buk's lane huh? Regrettably this piece of apeshit does not add much to the value. History is filled with tales of men falling apart, finding only short-lasting pleasures in sex and drugs, and describing it in detail, as if anyone cared about yet another low-life writer. I quite liked your political statements, they showed that you after all used your intellect, what-ever-much was left of it in your intoxicated brain.

but I’ve got an old saying (I make up old sayings as I walk around in rags) that knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge at all. because if you’re guessing and it doesn’t work you can just say, shit, the gods are against me. but if you know and don’t do, you’ve got attics and dark halls in your mind to walk up and down in and wonder about.” Scream When You Burn - https://bukowski.net/database/detail.php?w=5654&Title=notes-of-a-dirty-old-man Notes of a Dirty Old Man" was also syndicated (starting with its move to NOLA Express in, 1969) though United Press Syndicate, which meant that any underground paper that was a UPS member could print the columns. Those syndicated appearances are not listed here, as they are duplicates of the columns as they appeared in the "home" papers. This book has reconfirmed for me the fact that Bukowski is best at this form of writing - short stories. His poetry can be very hit and miss at times but his short story prose is more often good than bad and sometimes exceptionally fascinating and quirky.Your diary reminds me a bit of Celine, and maybe that was your intention, you were a man who had read a great deal. every man is afraid of being a queer. I get a little tired of it. maybe we should all become queers and relax.” Not Quite Bernadette - https://bukowski.net/database/detail.php?w=5656&Title=notes-of-a-dirty-old-man Henry Charles Bukowski (born as Heinrich Karl Bukowski) was a German-born American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles.It is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over sixty books Have You Read Pirandello? - https://bukowski.net/database/detail.php?w=5674&Title=notes-of-a-dirty-old-man

The inclusion of this story may sound pretentious, and that is probably because it is, but it is a good encapsulation of the Bukowski appeal. Even if it is all an act, all of the autobiographical shit, Bukowski still has the narrative perspective of a person who refused to be groomed by his parents, teachers, or lovers. An alcoholic, violent, reflective, melancholy, predatory, imaginative, brutal narrator. And "NOADOM" reads like a tour through his boundary-less mind. I've always loved that quote. Or since I first read it anyway. But I didn't know that it came from this book.The Man Who Loved Elevators - https://bukowski.net/database/detail.php?w=5699&Title=notes-of-a-dirty-old-man

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I printed three of the poems in the anthology; the two I didn't publish have since been published elsewhere.) Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1969) is a collection of underground newspaper columns written by Charles Bukowski for the Open City newspaper that were collated and published by Essex House in 1969. His short articles were marked by his trademark crude humor, as well as his attempts to present a "truthful" or objective viewpoint of various events in his life and his own subjective responses to those events." Source: Wikipedia We are all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing." Notes Of A Dirty Old Man is a compilation of columns and short stories that have been collected from Bukowski's early days when he was writing for Open City which was a free, leftist leaning magazine which had a politicalised agenda. Its main aim was to support and influence the non-conformist countercultures which were thriving throughout the 60's underground of America.

which were then put in the main part of the store), throw the now-coverless books away and return the covers only to the office so that they could get credit from the publisher. I Love You, Albert - https://bukowski.net/database/detail.php?w=5688&Title=notes-of-a-dirty-old-manThroughout my years of indoctrination, I was warned away from Bukowski. It wasn’t healthy for young strong American feminist brain-dead consumers to be reading the works of uhm … that woman-hating guy. Oddly enough, academia and peer(pressure) groups didn’t find Burroughs to be a problem at that time. Why am I trying to reason out psychopaths’ agendas… as anybody knows the sportswriters are the worst of the worst when it comes to writing and especially when it comes to thinking.” This isn't a review, it's just a long winded reminder to myself about what I've read as I have a habit of forgetting certain specifics of a book after reading it. If this serves as a catalyst towards anyone else reading it then that's cool, but I honestly couldn't really care either way. This is a collection of articles that Bukowski wrote in his column for OPEN CITY over about a 11-month period. Oyy ok let’s get this wrapping up, I’m rambling which means I had a lot of thoughts and didn’t know how to frame them. A little bit less gay bar action would have been nice for me personally but I don’t think anyone delicate or easily offended would read Bukowski past his introduction. I’m not worried about discussing the writing here. It’s irreverent in every sense of the world and the title is aptly named. I actually started listening to this book on audio because Will Patton’s voice is everything, but without actual chapter breaks it was too hard to follow.