The Continual Condition
Poems
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 5, 2010
“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.” —Joyce Carol Oates “He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.” —Leonard Cohen, songwriter Arguably the most imitated and influential American poet of the previous half-century, Charles Bukowski remains a counter-culture icon more than a decade after his death.
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- Who it’s for
- Direct, rough-edged poems with Bukowski’s familiar mix of candor and abrasion.
- Genres
- American Poetry, Love Poetry, Poetry About Death
- Published
- HarperCollins, October 5, 2010
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“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.” —Joyce Carol Oates “He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.” —Leonard Cohen, songwriter Arguably the most imitated and influential American poet of the previous half-century, Charles Bukowski remains a counter-culture icon more than a decade after his death.
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The Continual Condition is a collection of never-before-published poems by the inimitable Bukowski—raw, tough, odes to alcohol, women, work, and despair by a rebel author equally adept at poetry and prose. Charles Bukowski lives on in The Continual Condition, a godsend for admirers of his previous collections Slouching Toward Nirvana, The Pleasures of the Damned, and Love is a Dog From Hell, as well as his novels Factotum, Ham on Rye, and Pulp.
Rough Weather
Direct, rough-edged poems with Bukowski’s familiar mix of candor and abrasion.
Come here for
- plainspoken poems
- Bukowski’s bristling, bodily edge
Expect
- lean lines
- no polish, little patience
Where it sits
| American Poetry | 93% |
|---|---|
| Love Poetry | 81% |
| Poetry About Death | 44% |
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Publisher categories
- Short Story Anthologies
- The Classics
- Erotica Anthologies
- Literary Fiction
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- Short Stories (Single Author)
- Women's Fiction
- Poetry Anthologies
- American Poetry
- Authors
- Charles Bukowski
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 5, 2010
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Short Story Anthologies