The Pleasures of the Damned
Poems, 1951-1993
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · December 2, 2008
“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author “He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter The Pleasures of the Damned features selected later poetry of Charles Bukowski, America’s most influential poet.
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- Who it’s for
- Raw, sardonic poems with a collector’s span and a stubbornly human pulse.
- Genres
- American Poetry, Love Poetry, American Literary Collections
- Published
- HarperCollins, December 2, 2008
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“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author “He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter The Pleasures of the Damned features selected later poetry of Charles Bukowski, America’s most influential poet. To his legions of fans, Charles Bukowski was—and remains—a counterculture icon.
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A hard-drinking wild man of literature, a stubborn outsider to the poetry world, he struck a chord with generations of readers, writing raw, tough poetry about booze, work, and women, that spoke to his fans as “real” and, like the work of the Beats, even dangerous. The Pleasures of the Damned is a selection of the best works of Bukowski’s later years, edited by John Martin of Black Sparrow Press, including the last of his new, never-before-published poems.
Hard-edged poems
Raw, sardonic poems with a collector’s span and a stubbornly human pulse.
Come here for
- Bukowski’s blunt, bruised voice
- Poems spanning decades, easy to dip into or sink into
Expect
- Edgy, unsentimental lines
- A sustained read with room to linger
Where it sits
| American Poetry | 98% |
|---|---|
| Love Poetry | 32% |
| American Literary Collections | 29% |
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Publisher categories
- American Plays
- Plays by Women
- Literary Fiction
- American Literary Collections
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- Women Authors Collections
- Poetry Anthologies
- Inspirational & Religious Poetry
- American Poetry
- Authors
- Charles Bukowski
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- December 2, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- American Plays