''More Notes of a Dirty Old Man: The Uncollected Columns'' is written by
Charles Bukowski, edited by
David Stephen Calonne
David Stephen Calonne (born August 15, 1953) is an American writer and scholar of the Beat Generation and Charles Bukowski. He was born in Los Angeles, where he attended the University of California.
Impact
His work has been cited in many other ...
, and published by City Lights. A sequel to his 1969 book, ''
Notes of a Dirty Old Man
''Notes of a Dirty Old Man'' (1969) is a collection of underground newspaper columns written by Charles Bukowski for the ''Open City'' newspaper that were collated and published by Essex House in 1969. His short articles were marked by his tra ...
'', it includes columns (including his column of the same name for the ''
Los Angeles Free Press'') and essays that had never been collected and published together.
Critical reception
Following its 2011 publication ''More Notes of a Dirty Old Man'' received much attention from the press. Dean Schaffer from ''
SF Weekly'' stated that Bukowski's "tales of sex, drugs, and booze, and more sex, drugs, and booze, ad infinitum, resonate a lurid energy that grabs our attention and keeps it." Sophie Duvernoy of ''
LA Weekly
''LA Weekly'' is a free weekly alternative newspaper in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1978 by Jay Levin, who served as president and editor until 1991. Voice Media Group sold the paper in late 2017 to Semanal Media LLC, whose paren ...
'' says "To anyone familiar with Bukowski's work, they're more of the good stuff--essays on pure desire that demonstrate his lust for the physical world."
In a self-interview from ''
The Nervous Breakdown'', the book's editor, David Calonne, reveals more about his time working on Bukowski's work: "That's the amazing thing I've discovered doing these Bukowski anthologies--that there are these fantastic gems which have not been published in book form because Bukowski was so incredibly prolific. He resembles writers like D.H. Lawrence or Robert Graves or Henry Miller or William Saroyan--these incredibly productive geniuses who seemed incapable of writing a dull line."
References
External links
SF Weekly ReviewLA Weekly ReviewInterview with book's editor David Calonne
{{Charles Bukowski
2011 non-fiction books
Books by Charles Bukowski
City Lights Publishers books