Jimmy Pappas: Invitation to join Michael Simms on Zoom, Monday, Dec. 15, 7pm ET
Join us when Michael Simms presents DIRTY REALISM on Monday, December 15 at 7 PM ET.
Charles Bukowski: so you want to be a writer?
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don’t do it.
Charles Bukowski: Consummation of Grief
I even hear the mountains
the way they laugh
up and down their blue sides
Charles Bukowski: Odes to Los Angeles
man mowing the lawn across the way from me
don’t you see the young girls walking down the sidewalks now
with knives in their purses?
Jason Baldinger: Résumé
apparently just to live
just to experience life
is not an acceptable trade
Michael Simms: The Story of Autumn House Press (1998-2020)
Most literary presses fade away when the founder leaves, so I cannot tell you how much it thrills me that AHP continues into the second generation.
Video: Charles Bukowski’s Crappy Life
. “I’m such a spoiled old toad … I was blessed with a crappy life.” — Charles Bukowski in 1993 One afternoon, Bukowski sat down to record the audio version … Continue reading
Video: Tom Waits reads “Nirvana” by Charles Bukowski
This gentle poem shows a rarely seen lyrical side to both Bukowski and Waits. Photo Feb. 2, 1989 Ellen Jaskol/LA Times.
Video: Tom Waits recites “The Laughing Heart” by Charles Bukowski
Tom Waits said that Charles Bukowski “seemed to be a writer of the common people and street people, looking in the dark corners where no one seems to want to … Continue reading
Charles Bukowski’s letter to the man who inspired him to quit his soul-sucking day job to become a writer
In 1969, the year before his fiftieth birthday, Charles Bukowski caught the attention of Black Sparrow Press publisher John Martin, who offered Buk a monthly stipend of $100 to quit … Continue reading
