On Writing -- Charles Bukowski

<p><strong>Sharp and moving reflections and ruminations on the artistry and craft of writing from one of our most iconoclastic, riveting, and celebrated masters.</strong></p><p>Charles Bukowski's stories, poems, and novels have left an enduring mark on our culture. In this collection of correspondence--letters to publishers, editors, friends, and fellow writers--the writer shares his insights on the art of creation.</p><p><em>On Writing</em> reveals an artist brutally frank about the drudgery of work and canny and uncompromising about the absurdities of life--and of art. It illuminates the hard-edged, complex humanity of a true American legend and counterculture icon--the "laureate of American lowlife" (<em>Time</em>)--who stoically recorded society's downtrodden and depraved. It exposes an artist grounded in the visceral, whose work reverberates with his central ideal: "Don't try."</p><p>Piercing, poignant, and often hilarious, <em>On Writing</em> is filled not only with memorable lines but also with Bukowski's trademark toughness, leavened with moments of grace, pathos, and intimacy.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Charles Bukowski<br><b>Publisher:</b> Ecco Press<br><b>Published:</b> 07/26/2016<br><b>Pages:</b> 240<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.40lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780062417404