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By accident, I began a literary adventure this afternoon.It started with an article in the New York Times about a little known, but respected novelist from Florida who just published a work after many years of silence.The article mentioned that he’s part of a tough-guy tradition in writing that includes people like the late poet, Charles Bukowski.“I know Bukowski,” I thought when I saw this reference.Then the images of Mickey Roarke and Faye Dunaway came to mind, as they played roles in “Barfly, a movie that came from Bukowski’s imagination and personal biography.Then, it hit me. Except for reading a few of Bukowski’s pieces while standing in a bookstore years ago, I really didn’t know his work, only his reputation.I knew him for having been a hard-drinking guy, someone who saw stark differences in the sexes and wasn’t afraid of labeling them, even crudely, and as a poet who beat the biggest foe of all: obscurity.Bukowski was famous, even in his own time. His persona, his aura, his outrageousness made him famous, much, much more than his poetic output, which was prolific.Well, after this thought wave that I was riding finally crested and dissipated I found a web site with lots of Bukowski’s poems, and let me say, they’re great.I wonder if he minded at all becoming famous for something secondary, like his boozing and carousing.Sooner or later I might have read the guy, without knowing his outsized persona, but who knows?
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