A selective list of online literary criticism for Charles Bukowski, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA guidelines for web sites
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Bigna, Daniel. "Life on the Margins: The Autobiographical Fiction of Charles Bukowski" An M.A. thesis on Charles Bukowski
Blohm, Gary. A substantial introduction to Charles Bukowski from the Literary Encyclopedia, 02 May 2005
Cherkovski, Neeli. A review of Neeli Cherkovski's Bukowski: A Life (Steerforth Press). Reviewed by Jack Foley in The Alsopreview
Foley, Jack. Reviews of several works by Charles Bukowski at Poetry Previews
Kirsch, Adam. "Smashed: The pulp poetry of Charles Bukowski." New Yorker, 3/14/05
Locklin, Gerald. An interview with the author of Charles Bukowski: A Sure Bet. Lucid Moon Poetry
O'Neill, Tony. "Don't blame Bukowski for bad poetry: He made writing great poetry look easy and laid down some truly beautiful lines: it's time to reappraise Charles Bukowski." Guardian Unlimited, 9/5/05
Sandarg, Robert. Musical references in Bukowski: baroque, classical, romantic, modern. Sure, October 1991
Sherman, Jory. Blog entry on Charles Bukowski from his longtime friend, author of Bukowski: Friendship, Fame, and Bestial Myth (1982)
Sounes, Howard. A review of Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life, (Grove Press, 1999) biography of Bukowski, reviewed in salon.com by Jonathan Miles
Terrill, Mark. A review of What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire by Charles Bukowski. In Rain Taxi, Spring 2000
Winans, A.D. The Holy Grail: Charles Bukowski and The Second Coming Revolution by A.D. Winans. Reviewed by in Jacket Magazine 26 (Oct. 2004)
An extended, introductory article on Charles Bukowski's career, includes list of his works and a secondary reading list, from the Poetry Foundation
A New York Times "featured author" web page on Charles Bukowski, with links to reviews of Bukowski's earlier books and articles about him
A National Public Radio profile of Charles Bukowski, 8/13/00
Roger Ebert reviews Barfly, Chicago Sun Times, 12/18/87
A memorial article on Charles Bukowski from L.A. Times Book Review, April 10, 1994, by Suzanne Lummis
On Charles Bukowski and his publisher, Black Sparrow, April 22-28, 1999 issue of the Sonoma (Calif.) County Independent
A short biography of Charles Bukowski plus some audio files of him reading, from MP3lit.com
A brief introduction to Charles Bukowski from the Academy of American Poets
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