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You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense

Name: You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense
ISBN: 9780876856833

Charles Bukowski

HarperCollins · Paperback · May 31, 2002

Reading lane: Erotica Anthologies

Charles Bukowski examines cats and his childhood in You Get So Alone at Times , a book of poetry that reveals his tender side.

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Why This Clicks

Roughspoken Verse

Blunt, lonely, and unexpectedly tender, these pages move with Bukowski’s roughspoken ease.

Come here for

plainspoken verse with bruised humor
warmth that doesn’t prettify the edges

Expect

poems that land like confessions
a voice that keeps the sentiment off the table

Book Details

Authors: Charles Bukowski
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: May 31, 2002
Format: Paperback
Theme: Erotica Anthologies · American Poetry
Reading lane: Erotica Anthologies

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About This Book

Charles Bukowski examines cats and his childhood in You Get So Alone at Times , a book of poetry that reveals his tender side. The iconic tortured artist/everyman delves into his youth to analyze its repercussions. “The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates “He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter