Charles Bukowski’s Favorite Los Angeles Spots
<p>Time Magazine called Charles Bukowski “laureate of the lowlife.” A student of the gritty streets, Bukowski wrote about the shadow side of America. Prostitutes, dingy bars, human cruelty, and lonely trysts. He was a brutal drunk, a misogynist, a self-admitted louse. He was also a prolific writer and at times a sensitive poet with a twisted sense of humor.</p>
<p>Born in Germany in 1920, Bukowski grew up in Los Angeles, son to an abusive, alcoholic father. He began writing (and drinking) in his teens. He struggled for decades, toiling as an on-again/off-again postal worker until 1969. He was a private person who loved cats and valued his solitude. “I don’t hate people,” he wrote. “I just feel better when they’re not around.”</p>
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