On Writing
eBook - ePub

On Writing

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

On Writing

About this book

Sharp and moving reflections and ruminations on the artistry and craft of writing from one of our most iconoclastic, riveting, and celebrated masters.

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.

On Writing 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" (Time)—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."

Piercing, poignant, and often hilarious, On Writing is filled not only with memorable lines but also with Bukowski's trademark toughness, leavened with moments of grace, pathos, and intimacy.


More than a manual on craft, this is a survival guide for the creative soul—


  • The Art of Rejection: See Bukowski’s unfiltered reactions to editors who didn’t understand his work, and the stubborn persistence that defined his career.
  • Unflinching Advice for Writers: Discover the raw, hilarious, and brutally honest insights on the craft of writing he shared with friends and fellow artists.
  • A Counterculture Icon’s Manifesto: Go behind the myth of the "laureate of American lowlife" to find a man uncompromising about the absurdities of art and existence.
  • The "Don’t Try" Philosophy: Explore the central ideal of a writer grounded in the visceral, who found grace and pathos in society’s downtrodden.

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Information

Publisher
Ecco
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9780062417404
eBook ISBN
9780062395986
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Biographies
Index
Literature

Contents

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Editor’s Note
  3. 1945
  4. 1946
  5. 1947
  6. 1953
  7. 1954
  8. 1955
  9. 1956
  10. 1958
  11. 1959
  12. 1960
  13. 1961
  14. 1962
  15. 1963
  16. 1964
  17. 1965
  18. 1966
  19. 1967
  20. 1968
  21. 1969
  22. 1970
  23. 1971
  24. 1972
  25. 1973
  26. 1975
  27. 1978
  28. 1979
  29. 1980
  30. 1981
  31. 1982
  32. 1983
  33. 1984
  34. 1985
  35. 1986
  36. 1988
  37. 1990
  38. 1991
  39. 1992
  40. 1993
  41. Afterword
  42. Acknowledgments
  43. About the Author
  44. Also by Charles Bukowski
  45. Credits
  46. Copyright
  47. About the Publisher

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