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Arts & Entertainment | April 5, 2009

Charles Bukowski's Recent Collection of Essays and Stories

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CHARLES BUKOWSKI 

Editor David Stephen Calonne brings to readers Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook, a new assembly of previously uncollected stories and essays by the renowned latter-day Beat, Charles Bukowski. With selected pieces ranging from 1944-1990, Bukowski cleverly paints his careful moments of brutal honesty that can be regarded as some of the most sublime narratives Bukowski’s ever produced. Readers will again experience his artistically rugged tone of voice, one we find to be full of emotional risk and zeal for celebrating life. With brief moments of rambunctious revelry blending with snapshots of reflective salvation, Bukowski maintains his literary craft for savage style and deliberate deliverance.

Like the many treasures we’ve read from his past works, Charles Bukowski’s stories and forceful essays in Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook will continue to impress the literary masses. If Bukowski fans find their personal library lacking this spirited collection, I’d suggest they be quick to snag a copy.

 

Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook by Charles Bukowski

Edited by David Stephen Calonne

City Lights Publishers, September 2008, 258 pages, trade paperback

ISBN 9780872864924, $16.95

 

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Tony R. Rodriguez is part of the modern-day Beat scene. Rodriguez is a board member of PEN Oakland, and he has authored four novels including "When...

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