The first Bukowski poem I ever came across was a classic piece called “blue collar solitude” in the Black Sparrow Press collection titled Dangling in the Tournefortia (1981). The poem follows…
It's easy to spend your entire time in the Florida Keys bar hopping and attempting to survive the so-called "Duval Crawl." However, if you slow down a bit and visit…
Birthday: August 16, 1920 Birthplace: Andernach, Germany Real Name: Henry Charles Bukowski Parents: Henry Charles and Katharina [Fett] Bukowski Description of Father: "[A] cruel shiny bastard with bad breath . . ." Education: Attended Los Angeles…
Before Disney World ruined everything, there used to be a slew of great roadside attractions in Florida that were cheap, sometimes sleazy and always satisfying! I was fortunate to have…
Date of Birth: March 12, 1922 Place of Birth: Lowell, Massachusetts Actual Name: Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac Nicknames: Ti-Jean (Little Jean), Memory Babe Family: Leo & Gabrielle Kerouac, parents; Gerard, brother (died at age of…
[1914-1997] Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri Family: Mortimer & Laura Lee Burroughs, parents; Mortimer Burroughs Jr., brother; William S. Burroughs Sr., grandfather (inventor of the adding machine) Nicknames: William Lee, El Hombre Invisible, Cosmonaut…
“The whiskey warmed his tongue and the back of his throat, but it did not change his ideas any, and suddenly, looking at himself in the mirror behind the bar,…
"I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there." —Arthur Rimbaud, Une Saison en Enfer "The skylines lit up at dead of night, the air-conditioning systems cooling empty hotels…
An autographed photograph of author Harry Crews (1935-2012) hangs inside my hallway closet (for some unknown reason, my wife won’t let me hang it in the living room). It’s a…
Often billed as "The Amazing Half Boy," Johnny Eck (1911-1991) appeared in Tod Browning's 1932 horror classic, Freaks. Eck (real name: Johnny Eckhardt) was born without a body below the…