Publisher's Synopsis
IT would be a thankless task to try and separate the reality of the flesh & blood and protoplasmic being known as Charles Bukowski from his auto-mythography-recorded in nearly fifty volumes of poetry and prose. It is not my intent, in any case, to try and do so; nor is it my intent to write a biography. My intent is to bring to light as much of the life as is necessary to the writing of a critique and analysis as well as review of the work.
In consideration of "autobiographical fiction" (an oxymoron, I realize) which was Bukowski's métier, exposition of some of the life is helpful, even necessary to a textual elucidation. I will elucidate out front: to me, Bukowski, as human being, often approaches likeness of a stinking bag of human shit. I am not, however, dwelling here on the personal but on a critical approach, primarily, to the work. BIOWayne F. Burke was born in 1954. After the untimely deaths of his parents he was raised by his paternal grandparents and his Uncle. He attended local public schools and at age seventeen was admitted to the University of Massachusetts, the first of four institutions of higher learning he attended before graduating from GODDARD College in 1979. In the mid-1980's he settled in the central Vermont area (USA) and has remained there since. BUKOWSKI the Ubermensch is his 15th published book. His oeuvre includes ten poetry collections, one book of short stories, and four works of nonfiction. His most recently published nonfiction work, HENRY MILLER, Spirit & Flesh, is also published by Cyberwit.net.
