Bone Palace Ballet
HarperCollins · Paperback · August 22, 2002
This is a collection of 175 previously unpublished works by Bukowski.
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- Who it’s for
- Raw, layered poems with a stage-bred snap.
- Genres
- American Poetry, Short Stories (Single Author)
- Published
- HarperCollins, August 22, 2002
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This is a collection of 175 previously unpublished works by Bukowski. It contains yarns about his childhood in the Depression and his early literary passions, his apprentice days as a hard-drinking, starving poetic aspirant, and his later years when he looks back at fate with defiance.
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Raw, layered poems with a stage-bred snap.
Come here for
- edgy, serious poetry
- performance-ready intensity
Expect
- journal-like intimacy
- women, story, and grit
Where it sits
| American Poetry | 64% |
|---|---|
| Short Stories (Single Author) | 55% |
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Publisher categories
- Short Story Anthologies
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- Women's Fiction
- Satire
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- Poetry Anthologies
- American Poetry
- Poetry About Death
- Place Poetry
- Authors
- Charles Bukowski
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- August 22, 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Short Story Anthologies