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Charles Bukowski by Barry Miles A major new biography on an increasingly important American literary icon, by the most acclaimed writer on the Beat Generation, Barry Miles. Having spoken with people close to Bukowski, and with a full examination of Bukowski's extensive writings, Miles has written the definitive story of the 'laureate of American low-life.' 0753511029 $14.95

Come on In! New Poems "This ninth posthumous volume of new verse. . . gathers everything devotees cherish and expect: horses and bets, lousy SROs, unreliable women, sexual conquests, sexual disgust, barbs at highbrow rivals, advice to so-called losers (as he once was) to have confidence in themselves (as he did) and a befuddled acceptance of late fame." – Publishers Weekly Hardcover 0060577053 $27.50

Betting on the Muse Poems and Stories The poems' lines are only one to six words long, and the stories' sentences aren't much longer. Poems and stories relay the adventures and attitudes, at all stages of his life, of loafer and lumpen intellectual Henry Chinaski. They are occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, occasionally laughable because Henry and his women and pals are such a bunch of slobs, and occasionally as boring as Henry and company claim their lives are. And, to tell the truth, they are effortlessly, magnetically readable, especially if you are susceptible to their bargain-basement existentialist charm. Plenty are. – Booklist 1-57423-001-8 $17.00

Bone Palace Ballet New Poems 1-57423-028-X $17.00

Bring Me Your Love A collectable, staple-bound story of love and deciet, beautifully illustrated by R. Crumb. 0876856067 $9.95

Burning in Water Drowning in Flame Selected Poems 1955-1973 Verses soaked in cheap booze and bad living. Donne this ain't. 0-87685-191-x $16.00

The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship A collection of outrageous journal entries from the '90s. Illustrated by Robert Crumb. 1-57423-058-1 $15.00

Dangling in the Tournefortia Pound for pound, these poems conjure up the pathology of the human condition better than all those second-card lightweights. 0-87685-525-7 $16.00

The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills Poems delving into such sensitive issues as bodily harm toward bellboys; hilarious and pathetic. 0-87685-005-0 $15.00

Factotum One of Charles Bukowski's best, this beer-soaked, deliciously degenerate novel follows the wanderings of aspiring writer Henry Chinaski across World War II-era America. Deferred from military service, Chinaski travels from city to city, moving listlessly from one odd job to another, always needing money but never badly enough to keep a job. His day-to-day existence spirals into an endless litany of pathetic whores, sordid rooms, dreary embraces, and drunken brawls, as he makes his bitter, brilliant way from one drink to the next. 006113127X $13.95 Temporarily out of stock

The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain New Poems The second volume of poems Bukowski left unpublished when he died does not contain many fights, arguments with women, or eruptions at parties. Most of it seems to have been written very late; indeed, one of its most effective passages consists of poems about his hospitalization during treatment for terminal leukemia, and several other poems look toward death with a calmness that verges on nobility. 0060577029 $13.95

Ham on Rye A Novel A classic of autobiographical writing. A depression-era outcast covered with boils, Henry Chinaski relates his time spent in hell with the delicacy of a sword-carrying angel. 0-87685-557-5 $16.00

Hollywood A Novel A Rabelaisian romp into the film industry cul-de-sac; satirically on the money. 0-87685-763-2 $16.00

Hot Water Music Short stories about bad jobs, bad love affairs, and bad living conditions. The ever-present stench of booze does not leave the pages. 0-87685-596-6 $16.00

Last Night of the Earth Poems High proof alcohol, heaven-sent classical music, and a hardass attitude you can't beat with a stick; sturm und drang à la sleazy L.A. 0-87685-863-9 $17.00

Living on Luck Selected Letters 1960s-1970s Volume 2 Chaz's thoughts on writing as a full-time job. Poignant and dark. 0-87685-981-3 $17.00

Love is a Dog from Hell Poems depicting the anguish and frustration that the heart endures. 0-87685-362-9 $16.00

Mockingbird Wish Me Luck The cultural ambassador of the flophouse hits hard to the body with poems about this lousy thing called life. 0-87685-138-3 $15.00

The Most Beautiful Woman in Town "Crazy romantic tales by the laureate of the Los Angeles netherworld." Newsweek 0-87286-156-2 $14.95

The Movie: Barfly The original screenplay for the Barbet Schroeder film. Fist-fighting, alcohol binges, psychosis, and a bit of the ol' ill-fated romance. Great pics of Bukowski and the cast. 0-87685-707-1 $14.00

The Night Torn Mad With Footsteps New Poems 1-57423-165-0 $17.00

Notes of a Dirty Old Man "...a latter-day Celine, a wise fool talking straight from the gut about the futility and beauty of life." Publishers Weekly 0-87286-074-4 $14.95

Open All Night New Poems "Buk's life--full of blue-collar jobs, smoking and drinking, playing the horses, basking in classical music on the radio, going on tears naked, shacking up with a succession of floozies and the occasional wife, midnight typing, and lots of driving--was a dingy fountain of low-life literary comedy. There are better books for one's first taste of Bukowski, but this one will do fine for connoisseurs." – Ray Olson, Booklist 1-57423-135-9 $17.00

Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit it's so easy to be a poet and so hard to be a man 0-87685-437-4 $15.00

Post Office An unsolicited animal test of fatality; pinnacle of lowbrow. A drunken joy ride on a reckless route, most of it on the clock. 0-87685-086-7 $15.00

Pulp A grittier-than-thou Marlowe type rummages through the Los Angeles underworld in this satirical novel in the noir vein. 0-87685-926-0 $15.00

Reach for the Sun Selected Letters, 1978-1994 "These letters cover the final years of Bukowski's life, a bittersweet period that brought fame and prosperity along with tuberculosis and leukemia. Bukowski's correspondents, mostly publishers, editors, and fellow poets, include John Martin, William Packard, and Gerald Locklin. His letters to them rant against his critics, praise early influences like C?line and John Fante, and harp on his favorite subjects: wine, women, and the racetrack." – LIbary Journal 1574230883 $17.50 Temporarily out of stock

The Roominghouse Madrigals Early Selected Poems 1946-1966 Spanning three decades, these poems go neck and neck and come out by a nose... poverty implies excesses in the soul. 0-87685-732-2 $15.00

Run With the Hunted A Charles Bukowski Reader A comprehensive collection that pulls no punches; stories, novels, and poems that make for one helluva book. A great starter kit for all rookie barflies. 0-06-092458-6 $16.00

Screams from the Balcony Selected Letters 1960-1970 The voice behind the words makes its presence felt. Insightful and endearing; includes some of the maestro's original doodlings from the correspondence. 0-87685-914-7 $16.00

Septuagenarian Stew Stories and poems that are as light and easy as passing stones. No rest for the wicked here, just an empty barstool before closing. 0-87685-795-0 $17.00

Shakespeare Never Did This Photographs by Michael Montfort The indelible force of Bukowski is felt in this drunken travelogue into his motherland, Germany. Full of photos documenting the trek. 0-87685-968-6 $19.00

Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way New Poems 0-06-056823-2 $14.95

Slouching Toward Nirvana New Poems The latest collection of Bukowski's poetry, published posthumously and edited by John Martin, Buk's one-time editor at Black Sparrow Press. Dark humor and gritty, hard-learned lessons of life abound. 0060577045 $13.95

South of No North Sordid short stories of life lived like a Molotov Cocktail. Tales of damaging power. Strange and necessary. 0-87685-189-8 $15.00

Tales of Ordinary Madness More of the master's inimitable down-but-never-out stories. Sequel to his The Most Beautiful Woman in Town. 0-87286-155-4 $14.95

There's No Business Illustrated by R. Crumb A collectable, staple-bound story of lust, violence, show-biz, and beer, in true Bukowski form. Illustrated by R. Crumb. 0876856229 $7.50

War All the Time Poems 1981-1984 Brutally raw poems that come across as charged objects full of violence and raunch. 0-87685-637-7 $16.00

What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire New Poems 1-57423-105-7 $17.00

Women: A Novel Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slacking off at low-paying dead-end jobs, blowing his cash on booze and women, and scrimping by in flea-bitten apartments, Chinaski sees his poetic star rising at last. Now, at fifty, he is reveling in his sudden rock-star life, running three hundred hangovers a year, and maintaining a sex life that would cripple Casanova. With all of Bukowski's trademark humor and gritty, dark honesty, this 1978 follow-up to Post Office and Factotum is an uncompromising account of life on the edge. 0061177598 $13.95

You Get so Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense Alcohol, madness, and the true way. Poetry as life...done in hard time. 0-87685-683-0 $16.00

Charles Bukowski Uncensored (2 CD set) From his early hardscrabble life to his literary success, Charles Bukowski's unique personality came alive through his work. In 1993, the year before he died, this counterculture icon recorded and published selections from his classic book Run With the Hunted. Now, for the first time, additional material from that recording session is included on this special, expanded edition, including candid conversations between Bukowski, his wife, and his producer. For any fan of Charles Bukowski, these recordings are an intimate look at a brilliant and wild mind. 0-694-52422-0 $20.00

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