Born in Germany, Charles Bukowski immigrated to the United States at age three. He published his first story in his early twenties and began publishing poetry in his thirties. He attended Los Angeles City College from 1939 to 1941, moving to New York to pursue writing. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories, and six novels, eventually having over 60 books in print.
Some of his novels include Post Office (1971), Factotum (1975), Women (1978), Ham On Rye (1982), Hollywood (1989), and Pulp (1994). Bukowski has published many volumes of poetry, some of which are Flower, Fist, and Bestial Wail (1960), It Catches My Heart in its Hands (1963), Cold Dogs in the Courtyard (1965), Maybe Tomorrow (1977), Love is a Dog from Hell (1977), War All the Time (1984), You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense (1986), and posthumously The Last Night of the Earth Poems (1996) and Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories (1996).
Charles Bukowski also worked on many scripts and screen adaptations, including Barfly, Crazy Love, and Factotum. His style is typically gritty, full of dark humor, and much of his work is semi-autobiographical. Charles Bukowski died of leukemia in San Pedro on March 9, 1994.
His poem “One More Day” was featured in Issue 3.2 Summer 1991. In addition, “The Glory Days” and “Luck Was Not a Lady for Me” were featured in Issue 3.1 Winter 1991 and “Getting Old” was featured in Issue 2.1 Winter 1990.
