“I was a man who thrived on solitude... The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me.” — Charles Bukowski...

In 1992, right before the George Bush vs. Bill Clinton presidential election, an editor wrote to Charles Bukowski and aske...

They forces aren’t going to let you sit around fucking-off and relaxing. You’ve got to do it their way.

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You’re the Big Lebowski. I’m Bukowski. Or Buk, if you’re into the whole brevity thing.

And we don’t care about anything…

In a capitalistic society the losers slaved for the winners and you have to have more losers than winners. What did I thin...

How sadness protected a young Bukowski.

People are strange

obody can save you but

yourselfMay 01, 2025

What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.

May 01, 2025

"Ham on Rye" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Charles Bukowski, offering a gritty and poignant portrayal of his adole...

We drank heavily, and one morning I woke up with the worst hangover I ever had, like a steel band around my head.”May 01, 2025

It was true that I didn’t have much ambition, but there ought to be a place for people without ambition, I mean a better...

I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn't have a god, politics, ideas, ideals. I was se...

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confide...

A little light reading.

Lifesize Charles Bukowski doll, in stores now!

Love is a Dog from Hell by Charles Bukowski is raw, gritty, and unapologetically human.

May 01, 2025

The problem with world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.May 01, 2025