You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense
HarperCollins · Paperback · May 31, 2002
Charles Bukowski examines cats and his childhood in You Get So Alone at Times, a book of poetry that reveals his tender side.
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- Who it’s for
- Blunt, lonely, and unexpectedly tender, these pages move with Bukowski’s roughspoken ease.
- Genres
- American Poetry, Nature Poetry, Family Poems
- Published
- HarperCollins, May 31, 2002
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Charles Bukowski examines cats and his childhood in You Get So Alone at Times, a book of poetry that reveals his tender side. The iconic tortured artist/everyman delves into his youth to analyze its repercussions. “The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates “He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter
Roughspoken Verse
Blunt, lonely, and unexpectedly tender, these pages move with Bukowski’s roughspoken ease.
Come here for
- plainspoken verse with bruised humor
- warmth that doesn’t prettify the edges
Expect
- poems that land like confessions
- a voice that keeps the sentiment off the table
Where it sits
| American Poetry | 87% |
|---|---|
| Nature Poetry | 55% |
| Family Poems | 54% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Plays by Women
- The Classics
- Biographical Fiction
- Women's Fiction
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- Satire
- Women Authors Collections
- American Poetry
- Poetry - General Themes
- Authors
- Charles Bukowski
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 31, 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Plays by Women