Charles Bukowski: Coming Up As Writer Today
Chinaski: Hero
“Love Is A Dog From Hell” rejected for it’s unmarketable title.
Bar fighters (especially the loud ones, the mad ones) don’t improve their pugilistic. They make the evening news circuit. Live at 5:00, 6:30 and 11:00. Face notorious. Updates on-line regarding their whereabouts.
No novel, Post Office.
The arcade of whores and “mad women” who passed in and out of his bungalor: they carry more than just an irritating case of crab lice today.
We’ve all but slayed the myth of the romantic drunk. He’s a cautionary story. They make the cover of Busted magazine in their worst condition. TMZ.
“Local Authorities Investigate the Writer of ‘Notes From A Dirty Old Man’”.
There would be no “walls of his cage” no quiet in which to rage. Chuck would blog his thoughts, his rants, his opinions, no long hand/typed letters to rescue from a hot San Pedro afternoon and recreate posthumously.
He’d curb his riskier thoughts in response to comments from his readers.
Ring tones on the bus. People talking on the phone while stuck in traffic on the 101. Bar rooms filled with people sending text messages. Thumbs ablaze.
What would propel him, if not the sound of his typewriter keys? A MacBook makes none too satisfying a sound even in the throws of a writer’s most fertile moment.
Posted: December 26th, 2009 under Collected Writings.