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Born in August 16, 1920 / Died in March 9, 1994 / United States / English

Furtherreading

Other info : Career | Bibliography

BOOKS

  • Brewer, Gay, Charles Bukowski, Twayne (New York, NY), 1997.
  • Cherkovski, Neeli, Bukowski: A Life, Steerforth Press (South Royalton, VT), 1997.
  • Christy, Jim, The Buk Book: Musings on Charles Bukowski, ECW Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1997.
  • Contemporary Literary Criticism, Gale (Detroit, MI), Volume 2, 1974, Volume 5, 1976, Volume 9, 1978, Volume 41, 1987, Volume 82, 1994.
  • Contemporary Novelists, 4th edition, edited by D. L. Kirkpatrick, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1986.
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 5: American Poets since World War II, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1980.
  • Dorbin, Sanford, A Bibliography of Charles Bukowski, Black Sparrow Press (Santa Rosa, CA), 1969.
  • Fox, Hugh, Charles Bukowski: A Critical and Bibliographical Study, Abyss Publications, 1969.
  • Harrison, Russell,Against the American Dream: Essays on Charles Bukowski, Black Sparrow Press (Santa Rosa, CA), 1994.
  • Richmond, Steve, Spinning off Bukowski, Sun Dog Press (Northville, MI), 1996.
  • Sherman, Jory, Bukowski: Friendship, Fame, and Bestial Myth, Blue Horse Press, 1982.
  • Sounes, Howard, Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life, Grove Press, 2000.
  • Weddle, Jeff, Bohemian New Orleans: The Story of the Outsider and Loujon Press, University Press of Mississippi (Jackson, MS), 2007.
  • Weinberg, Jeffrey, editor, A Charles Bukowski Checklist, Water Row Press, 1987.

PERIODICALS

  • Booklist, February 15, 1993, p. 1010; January 15, 1994, p. 893; May 15, 1996, p. 1563; May 15, 1998, Mike Tribby, review of The Captain Is out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken over the Ship, p. 1587; December 15, 1999, review of What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk through the Fire, p. 752; December 1, 2000, Ray Olson, review of Open All Night: New Poems, p. 689.
  • Bookwatch, July, 1998, review of The Captain Is out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken over the Ship, p. 1.
  • Chicago Tribune, July 18, 1989; August 28, 1994, p. 6.
  • Globe and Mail (Toronto), January 21, 1984.
  • Kliatt, January, 1998, review of Bone Palace Ballet, p. 21.
  • Library Journal, July, 1999, William Gargan, review of Reach for the Sun: Selected Letters, 1978-1994, p. 89.
  • Los Angeles Magazine, June, 1994, p. 76.
  • Los Angeles Times, March 17, 1983; November 3, 1987; November 5, 1987; September 23, 1988.
  • Los Angeles Times Book Review, October 3, 1982, p. 6; August 28, 1983, p. 6; December 11, 1983, p. 2; March 17, 1985, p. 4; June 4, 1989, p. 4; October 30, 1994, p. 11.
  • Los Angeles Times Magazine, March 22, 1987, pp. 12-14, 17-19, 23.
  • New Statesman & Society, June 17, 1994, p. 37.
  • Newsweek, October 26, 1987, p. 86.
  • New York Review of Books, October 5, 1972, pp. 21-23.
  • New York Times, September 30, 1987.
  • New York Times Book Review, July 5, 1964, p. 5; January 17, 1982, pp. 13, 16; June 11, 1989, p. 11; November 25, 1990, p. 19; June 5, 1994, p. 50; December 26, 1999, review of What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk through the Fire, p. 16; January 7, 2001, Kera Bolonik, review of Open All Night: New Poems, p. 18.
  • Northwest Review, fall, 1963, pp. 123-129.
  • Outsider, spring, 1963, pp. 62-65.
  • People, November 16, 1987, pp. 79-80.
  • Poetry, July, 1964, pp. 258-264.
  • Publishers Weekly, March 29, 1993, p. 34; December 20, 1993, p. 62; April 29, 1996, p. 66; April 20, 1998, review of The Captain Is out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken over the Ship, p. 60; December 6, 1999, review of What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk through the Fire, p. 74; November 20, 2000, review of Open All Night: New Poems, p. 65.
  • Review of Contemporary Fiction, fall, 1985, pp. 56-59; fall, 1998, Gerald Locklin, review of The Captain Is out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken over the Ship, p. 237.
  • San Francisco Review of Books, January-February, 1983, p. 11.
  • Spectator, November 30, 1974.
  • Times (London), March 3, 1988; July 8, 1989.
  • Times Literary Supplement, April 5, 1974, p. 375; June 20, 1980, p. 706; September 4, 1981, p. 1000; November 12, 1982, p. 1251; December 3, 1982, p. 1344; May 4, 1984, p. 486; August 11, 1989, p. 877; September 7, 1990, p. 956.
  • Village Voice, March 26, 1964, pp. 11-12; February 20, 1978, pp. 89-90; March 23, 1982, pp. 42-43.
  • Washington Post, November 20, 1987.
  • Washington Post Book World, July 14, 1994, p. 2.

OTHER

  • Books and Writers, http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ (February 20, 2001), "Charles Bukowski."
  • Bukowski: Born Into This (documentary), Magnolia Pictures, 2004.
  • The Outsiders of New Orleans: Loujon Press (documentary), Wayne Ewing, 2007.

OBITUARIES:

PERIODICALS

  • Chicago Tribune, March 11, 1994, p. 12.
  • Entertainment Weekly, March 25, 1994, p. 49.
  • Facts on File, March 17, 1994, p. 196.
  • Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1994, p. 1, 24.
  • New York Times, March 11, 1994, p. B9.
  • Time, March 21, 1994, p. 26.
  • Times (London), March 11, 1994, p. 23.
  • Variety, March 14, 1994, p. 67.
  • Washington Post, March 11, 1994, p. B5.