What is Art, by Charles Bukowski

Melancholia by Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

Wisdom | Philosophy | Poetry on Instagram: "Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) was an American poet, novelist, and short-story writer known for his raw, blunt style and his focus on the gritty realities of everyday life. Much of his work drew on his own experiences with poverty, alcoholism, dead-end jobs, and life on society’s margins, often told through his semi-autobiographical alter ego, Henry Chinaski. Bukowski rejected literary pretension and wrote in a direct, conversational voice about sex, lon