De rien! Were very happy to hear that. You’ll be amazed how novels can open up your world and expense your sense of self if you stick with them. Glad you are subscribed. 😁

This is a very interesting take on Bukowski’s writing! I do feel that Bukowski sometimes points out things we pass by in our ordinary lives that can be missed. Although he typically has a very depressing take on life, he will occasionally find beauty in the ugly moments. Thank you for the comment. 👍

@@bannedbookclub : You are Welcome . I hope to one day see your reaction to the works of LF Celine and Hubert Selby .

Mistake on my part - I’d been reading ‘on writing’ and forgot that it was just a compilation of his non-fic stuff, and not necessarily something he intended to publish. But I stand by the sentiment of what I was trying to say - that his whole ‘I don’t care about anything’ persona is kind of a put on when he was clearly cared a lot - especially about writing - enough that his letters/thoughts on the subjects literary fill a book. You can’t claim nihilism and be an artist at the same time - because you are creating.

Yes! I loved this depressing little book. Was looking for an excuse to cover it because it was hard to find info about it being banned - will do some more research to see, but either way we will cover this book. It’s too good to pass up.

@@bannedbookclub I'll be waiting for the episode. Thanks

Thanks for recommending Nirvana, had not seen this one. What a contrast between the voice in this poem and the usual novel voice. We love all of Bukowski’s work, but at the end of the day readers need more optimism than pessimism from their books. And when that optimism comes from a guy with as bad a life as Bukowski it feels real, powerful, hard earned. But it’s rare.

He's a red flag for a lot of the more "progressive" readers of his stuff. Around the time we reviewed the book there was a tweet from some writer/columnist (I think her name was Jess McHugh) that was getting a lot of traction - something about 'the biggest red flags on someones bookshelf' - and Bukowski was listed as one of them. I thought that was funny because he's one of my favorite writers, but full disclosure, I made an effort in this episode to insulate myself from him as much as possible because I was applying to some highly woke schools at the time and I didn't want something I said on the internet about Bukowski to get misconstrued and hurt my application. I plan to cover more of his stuff in the future because he's an important writer and deserves more of a fair shake than I could give at the time. Hope that clarifies things a bit, thanks for watching

Hmm, define few?… 🧐

Thank you! Will do!

We appreciate it! Good reading of the ending scene, I think you're right.

Much appreciated! Thank you for being a part of our club.

Agree that breaking out of the 9-5 cycle was a big deal to him - but in the section we were referring to he explicitly mentions how good it would feel to be a boss, fire people, make money off of their work, and abuse the kind of authority that a capitalist system would afford him. it was a dark power-trip fantasy in the context of capitalism, which was interesting given how much he hated it

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@@bannedbookclub why?