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Charles Bukowski: Laughing With the Gods – Interviews by Fernando Pivano (Sun Dog Press, 2000) Note : All the Sun Dog books about Bukowski have interest.
Drinking with Bukowski: Recollections of the Poet Laureate of Skid Row by Daniel Weizmann (Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2001)
Bukowski and the Beats by Jean-François Duval (Sun Dog Press, 2002)
The Hunchback of East Hollywood: A Biography of Charles Bukowski by Aubrey Malone (Critical Vision, 2003)
Charles Bukowski: Sunlight Here I Am – Interviews and Encounters edited by David Stephen Calonne (Sun Dog Press, 2004)
Charles Bukowski by Barry Miles (Virgin Books, 2005) Note : Miles knew Bukowski, as I describe in Chapter 6. Furthermore he is an experienced and accomplished biographer, his life of Allen Ginsberg being authoritative. This biography, however, is impoverished by a lack of original research, leaning instead on previous books by other writers, not least my own biography of Bukowski.
INDEX
Adam (magazine) 1, 2
‘Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip’ (short story by C.B.) 1, 2
Against the American Dream (Russell Harrison) 1
Aiken, Conrad 1
All Quiet on the Western Front 1
‘All the Assholes in the World and Mine’ (short story by C.B.) 1
Alpine Inn, The 1
Amis, Kingsley 1
‘answer, an’ (poem by C.B.) 1
Anthology of LA Poets, An (book edited by C.B.) 1
Andernach, Germany 1, 2
Anderson, Sherwood 1
‘Animal Crackers in my Soup’ (short story by C.B.) 1
‘Another Academy’ (poem by C.B.) 1, 2
Apostrophes (TV show) 1
Apple Corporation 1
Aragon, The (apartment building) 1, 2
Arizona, C.B. visits 1, 2
Artaud, Antonin 1
Ask the Dust (John Fante) 1, 2, 3, 4
At Terror Street and Agony Way (C.B. book) 1
Atlanta, Georgia, C.B. visits 1, 2, 3
Atlantic Monthly, The 1
Baba, Meher 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Baker, Craig 1
Balin, Marty 1,
Baltimore, Maryland, C.B. lived in 1
Barfly (film) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Barney’s Beanery (Bar) 1
Baudelaire’s 1
Beat Hotel (Harold Norse) 1
Beat writers: see individual authors Beatles, The 1
Beery, Wallace 1
Beighle, Linda Lee: see Bukowski, Linda Lee Bellevue Community College 1
Bennett, John 1, 2
Berger, David 1, 2
‘biggest breasts, the’ (poem by C.B.) 1
Billie, Francis 1
Billie, Irma 1
‘Birth, Life and Death of an Underground Newspaper, The’ (short story by C.B.) 1
Black Mountain school 1
Black Sparrow Press 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 (see also Martin, John)
Black Sun Press 1, 2, 3
Blake, William 1
Blair, Ed 1, 2
Blazek, Douglas 1, 2, 3
Bloomer, Roger 1
Blue Book, The (C.B. book) 1
‘blue moon, oh bleweeww mooooon how I adore you!’ (poem by C.B.) 1
Boccaccio, Giovanni 1
Book City (bookstore) 1
Bono 1
Bonnie and Clyde 1
Borg–Warner Co. 1
Brewer, Gay 1
Bridge, The 1, 2, 3
‘Bring Me Your Love’ (short story by C.B.) 1, 2
Bryan, John 1, 2, 3
Bukowski, Anna (aunt of C.B.) 1
Bukowski, Barbara: see Frye, Barbara
Bukowski, Ben (uncle of C.B.) 1, 2
Bukowski, Charles (Henry Charles Bukowski Jnr)References to Bukowski are grouped under the following four headings, in this order:
* Life
* Character
* Relationships
* Writing career
LIFEFor places in America where
Bukowski lived, look in the
general index under the names
of streets, cities and states. The
sub in this section
follow the chronological order of
Bukowski’s life rather than being
listed alphabetically.
ancestry, 1;birth, 1;
baptism, 1;
comes to America, 1;
childhood, 1, 2, 3 ;
beaten by father, 1;
suffers acne, 1, 2, 3;
education, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
pronunciation of surname, 1;
gets nickname, 1;
choses pen name, 1;
physical appearance, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15;
sound of his voice, 1, 2, 3;
lost years, 1;
draft record, 1 ;
employment, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23;
drinking, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58;
gets into fights, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
involvement with police, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ;
imprisonment, 1, 2, 3;
gambling/love of horse racing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14;
impotence, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
possible bisexuality, 1, 2, 3, 4;
sex life, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27;
associates with prostitutes, 1, 2, 3;
attends sex shows, 1, 2 ;
marries first wife, 1;
divorce from first wife, 1;
becomes a father, 1;
meets second wife, 1;
marries second wife, 1;
cars owned by, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
food liked, 1, 2, 3;
holidays taken by, 1, 2, 3;
returns to Germany, 1, 2;
visits France, 1 ;
moves to San Pedro, 1;
success and fame, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20;
physical illness, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
death, 1;
obituaries, 1 ;
funeral, 1
CHARACTERadmiration for individuals, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 ;aggression, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34;
artistic talent, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
attitude to own drinking, 1, 2, 3;
attitude to drugs/use of drugs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
attitude to other writers, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14;
depression/mental health, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10;
dislike of Christmas, 1, 2;
dislike of television, 1, 2 ; ego, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
favorite color, 1;
feelings about unhappy childhood, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
films liked/ disliked, 1, 2;
attitude to homosexuality, 1, 2, 3, 4;
humour, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19;
love of cats, 1, 2, 3 ;
love of classical music, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
attitude to money, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28;
misanthropy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
mythologizes own life, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20;
politeness, 1;
political and social views, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
attitude to and use of pornography, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
pride, 1, 2, 3;
attitude to religion, 1, 2;
sensitivity, 1, 2;
solitary nature, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
attitude
to own writing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 238;
sexual jealousy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ;
shyness, 1, 2, 3, 4;
stage fright, 1, 2, 3, 4;
suicidal behaviour and feelings, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12;
turns on friends, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ;
violent behaviour, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15;
attitude to women 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30;
xenophobia, 1, 2
RELATIONSHIPSGirlfriends, wives, relatives and significant male friends of Bukowski are also listed separately by name in the general index.
with daughter,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;with father, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12;
with male friends/colleagues, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26;
with mother, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
with relatives outside immediate family, 1, 2, 3, 4;
with schoolmates, 1, 2, 3;
with women, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
WRITING CAREERIndividual books, poems and short stories by Bukowski are listed separately by title in the general index.
autobiographical writing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31;awards given/applied for, 1, 2, 3, 4;
film adaptations of writing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
income from writing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23;
journalism, 1, 2;
letter writing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19;
literary tastes and influences, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16;
miscellaneous writing, 1, 2;
method of writing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15;
novel writing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16;
poetry writing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49;
public readings, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18;
recordings of work, 1, 2, 3, 4;
reviews of work: 1, 2, 3;
short stories written by, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22;
style of writing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14;
subject matter of writing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Bukowski, Emilie (paternal grandmother of C.B.) 1, 2, 3, 4
Bukowski, Henry Charles (father of C.B.)Sub in this section follow the order of events in Henry Bukowski’s life, rather than being listed alphabetically.
family history, 1;
army career, 1;moves to Los Angeles, 1;
employment and unemployment, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
relationship with son, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9;
relationship with wife, 1, 2, 3, 4;
snobbery, 1, 2, 3, 4;
womanizing, 1, 2;
death, 1;
funeral, 1 ;
will, 1
Bukowski, John (uncle of C.B.) 1, 2, 3, 4
Bukowski, Kate nee Fett (mother of C.B.)Sub in this section follow the order of events in Kate
Bukowski’s life, rather than being listed alphabetically.
gives birth to son, 1;emigrates to United States, 1;
political views, 1;
relationship with husband, 1, 2, 3;
relationship with son, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
C.B.’ s attitude to, 1, 2, 3;
drinking, 1;
illness and death, 1
Bukowski, Leonard (paternal grandfather of C.B.) 1, 2, 3
Bukowski, Linda Lee (second wife and widow of C.B.) background, 1 ;
meets C.B., 1;
marries C.B., 1;
relationship with C.B., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32
Bukowski, Marina (daughter of C.B.) birth, 1;
relationship with C.B., 1, 2, 3, 4 117, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Bull, Joanna 1, 2, 3
The Burbank 1
Burnett, Whit 1
Burroughs, William 1, 2
Cannon Pictures 1, 2, 3
Capitol Records 1
Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship, The (C.B. book) 1, 2, 3, 4
Carlton Way (LA address where C.B. lived) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Carson, Johnny 1
‘Carter to resign?’ (poem by C.B.) 1
Carver, Raymond 1
Cassady, Neal 1
Catalina, California, C.B. visits 1
Catcher in the Rye, The (J.D. Salinger), 1
Cavanaugh, Stephen 1
Ce´line, Louis–Ferdinand 1, 2
Channel 1 (French TV station) 2
Chaplin, Charlie 1
Charles Bukowski (Gay Brewer) 1
Charles Bukowski Tapes, The (documentary) 1
Château Marmont 1
Chelsea Hotel 1
Cherkovski, Neeli 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Cherry, Sam 1, 2, 3
Chinaski, Henry (fictional C.B. character) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
Chopra, Deepak 1
‘Christ I feel shitty’ (FrancEyE) 1
Christy, Jim 1
City Lights Books 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Coastlines (magazine) 1
‘Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts’ (short story by C.B.) 1, 2
‘conversation in a cheap room’ (poem by C.B.) 1
Collins, Mick 1
Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The 1
Cooney, Daniel C. 1
Cooney, Mary 1
Cooney Baker, Jane Sub appear in order of the events in Jane’s life, rather than in alphabetical order. background, 1 ;
character, 1, 2;alcoholism, 1, 2, 3;
relationship with C.B., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8;
importance in C.B.’ s writing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
illness and death, 1;
C.B.’ s grief for, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Cooper, Jackie 1
‘cooperation’ (poem by C.B.) 1
South Coronado Street (LA address where C.B. lived) 1
Corrington, John William 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Crazy Love (film) 1
Creeley, Robert, 1
Creem (magazine) 1
Crosby, Caresse 1, 2
Crosby, Harry (see Caresse)
Crews, Judson 1, 2, 3
Crotty, Francis 1, 2, 3, 4
Crotty, Grace 1, 2
Crucifix in a Deathhand (C.B. book) 1, 2, 3
Crumb, R. 1, 2, 3
Cupcakes: see Miller, Pamela
Cuscaden, R.R. 1
Daily Racing Form 1
Dan Tana’s 1
Darby, Brad 1, 2, 3, 4
Darby, Tina 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Dare (magazine) 1
Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, The (William Saroyan) 1
‘Day I Kicked Away a Bankroll, The’ (poem by C.B.) 1
Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills, The (C.B. book) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
De Longpre Avenue (LA address where C.B. lived) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
‘Death Wants More Death’ (poem by C.B.) 1
Dean, Frances Elizabeth see FrancEyE
Decameron, The (Giovanni Boccaccio) 1
‘decline’ (poem by C.B.) 1
Degen, Rolf 1
Del Mar (racetrack) 1, 2
Deruddere, Dominique 1
Dew Drop Inn, The 1
Di Caprio, George 1
Di Caprio, Leonardo 1
Dichy, Albert 1
Dickey, James 1
Dillinger, John 1
‘Dinosauria, we’ (poem by C.B.) 1
‘Dirty World’ (Bono/The Edge) 1
Dodger Stadium 1
Dos Passos, John 1
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1 Doubleday 2
Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell) 1
Dunaway, Faye 1, 2, 3, 4
Earth Books 1
Earth Rose, The (magazine) 1
Edler, Peter 1, 2, 3
‘education’ (poem by C.B.) 1
Ellis, Dr Dick 1, 2
Elman, Richard 1
‘Elusive Butterfly’ (Bob Lind) 1
‘empire of coins, an’ (poem by C.B.) 1
Encore Theater 1
Epos (magazine) 1
Eraserhead 1
Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness (C.B. book) 1, 2, 3
Essex House 1
Evergreen (magazine) 1
Factotum (C.B. novel) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Fairmount Motor Products C.B. employed by, 1
Falcon and the Snowman, The 1
Fante, John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Fante, Joyce 1
Faulkner, William 1
FBI 1
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Ferreri, Marco 1
Fett, Heinrich (uncle of C.B.) 1, 2
Fett, Josephine (cousin of C.B.) 1
Fett, Karl (cousin of C.B.) 1
Fett, Katharina: see Bukowski, Kate
Fields, W.C. 1
‘Fiend, The’ (short story by C.B.) 1
‘film makers, the’ (poem by C.B.) 1
‘fire station’ (poem by C.B.) 1
Fisk, Lavora 1
Fling (magazine) 1, 2
Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail (C.B. book) 1
Floyd, Pretty Boy 1
Flynt, Larry 1
Follies, The 1
‘for Jane: with all the love I had, which was not enough: –’ (poem by C.B.) 1
France, C.B. visits 1 ;popularity in, 1, 2, 3
FrancEyE (common law wife of C.B.) background, 1;relationship with C.B., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
‘Free’ (poem by C.B.) 1
Freyermuth, Gundolf S. 1
Frye, Barbara (first wife of C.B.) background, 1;relationship with C.B., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;