Drew Barrymore Reads a Charles Bukowski Poem on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”

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Barrymore read the Bukowski poem “So Now?” It is a poignant piece of poetry about life and death, written shortly before he passed away in 1994.

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Editors Mangled Charles Bukowski’s Poems, But a New Book Rights the Wrong

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A collection of previously unpublished poems, called “Storm for the Living and the Dead,” presents Charles Bukowski’s words as he actually wrote them, unedited and raw.

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Charles Bukowski Poem “The Wine of Forever”

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Bukowski writes about John Fante, one of his favorite writers, whom he helped get his work back into print before he died.

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Charles Bukowski Poem “Captain Goodwine”

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The Charles Bukowski poem, from the collection “What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire.”

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