I came across Charles Bukowski for the first time on YouTube, I think. Short videos, most less than two minutes long, with haunting music behind a narration of one of his poems. Bukowski came to the United States from Germany with his family when he was a child. He had a rough childhood with a… Continue reading Charles Bukowski-a gateway drug back to poetry
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My first Charles Bukowski novel, “Ham on Rye”-recommended?
I’m reading my first Charles Bukowski novel at the moment. “Ham on Rye”. It is said to be semi-autobiographical. If it is you would have to have great deal of sympathy for Bukowski the child. Because the upbringing he describes in “Ham on Rye” is brutal. An uncaring, ignorant, violent father and a submissive, dull,… Continue reading My first Charles Bukowski novel, “Ham on Rye”-recommended?
What I’m reading at the moment
I am reading, for the second time, “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I must admit I am enjoying it more this time around and I was thinking why this might be so. I would say the same thing about “The Catcher in the Rye” which I found immensely more enjoyable the second time… Continue reading What I’m reading at the moment