�''The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.�'� �''Joyce Carol Oates �''He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.�'� �''Leonard Cohen, songwriter Arguably the most ...more

another comeback climbing back up out of the ooze, out of
the thick black tar,
rising up again, a modern
Lazarus.
you're amazed at your ...more

from "neither Shakespeare nor Mickey Spillane" young young young, only wanting the Word,
going mad in the streets and in the bars,
brutal fights, ...more

in this place there are the dead, the deadly and the dying. there is the cross, the builders of the cross and the burners of the cross. ...more

The second of five new books of unpublished poems from the late, great, Charles Bukowski, America's most imitated and influential poet –– 143 never–...more

the gas line is leaking, the bird is gone from the
cage, the skyline is dotted with vultures;
Benny finally got off the stuff and Betty now has a job
as a ...more

To his legions of fans, Charles Bukowski was—and remains—the quintessential counterculture icon. A hard-drinking wild man of literature and a stubborn ...more

Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in ...more

Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and...more

The book conveys the reflections of the author on the seasons of life...more

In the middle of the journey of our life,
I came to myself again in a dark
wood, where the right way was lost . So begins Frank Salvidio's compelling ...more

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This book is written to bring laughter, humor, and enthusiasm into people's lives...more

Maya Angelou, poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director, was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and then moved to San Francisco. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, ...more

Bird eating Bird is a new collection of poems from Kristin Naca, winner of the 2008 National Poetry Series mtvU prize as chosen by Pulitzer Prize winner Yusef Komunyakaa. ...more

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"Richard Wink writes in a clear, interesting, resounding voice that brings the reader into any scene he draws upon. Tightly written and thoroughly enjoyable, Richard Wink's ...more