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Originally Posted by candymoan
partial points go to pookie and porkmarras to defending their stance, but they lose more points for closed-mindedness and hostility..
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If you read this thread carefully, you'll notice that most of the hostility came from the pro-Bukowski camp. In fact, aside from the pro-Bukowski hostility, we were having a decent discussion.
As for close-mindedness, I've read a great deal of Bukowski's work, read a lot about him, and have formed my opinions over a number of years (about 25 since I first read something by him).
And yes, some of the criticisms aimed at Bukowski can be applied to other writers, but that doesn't make them any less true of his work.