Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 Waits has read from several poems by his ‘father figure,’ and they’re perfect. via Facebook Tom Waits’s music has always been a beacon to those with vagabond ...

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Tom Waits’ songwriting and opinions are just as gritty and rough as his cigarette-stained voice. Hence, when he discovered the great American poet, Charles Bukowski, he knew a song would be birthed.

Poet and novelist Charles Bukowski was notorious for his drinking and womanizing. Some called him a misogynist. But his work could also be tender and reveal truths about the human condition. Years ago ...

Charles Bukowski stood on the staircase landing above us in the lobby of the Cal State L.A. student union. Students crowded the floor. Bukowski growled and grumbled poems tersely, the “notes of a ...