Love Is a Dog from Hell
Poems, 1974-1977
by Charles Bukowski · first published 1977
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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 Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp (1994).
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My favorite Bukowski book of poetry "Love is a Dog from Hell". Very Bukowski. Shout out to City Lights Bookstore in San Fancisco. I bought a lot of poetry books there in the late 80s and early 90s.
on “16-bit Intel 8088 chip (c. 1985)” ↗Love is A Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski
on “Ask HN: What books have you found understandable during serious depression?” ↗Run With the Hunted and Love is a Dog from Hell spring to mind, but for me half the fun of reading him is just jumping in randomly. His life was chaos so it's fitting. If you read enough about "Hank" a picture of who he was will start to materialize.…
on ““People simply empty out”” ↗