On Writing

<p><strong>Sharp and moving reflections and ruminations on the artistry and craft of writing from one of our most iconoclastic riveting and celebrated masters.</strong></p><p>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.</p><p><em>On Writing</em> 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 (<em>Time</em>)--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.</p><p>Piercing poignant and often hilarious <em>On Writing</em> is filled not only with memorable lines but also with Bukowski's trademark toughness leavened with moments of grace pathos and intimacy.</p>