Charles “Hank” Bukowski — A deep exploration into the works of this great poet, writer (and renowned drunk)

I didn’t know about Charles Bukowski’s work until my dear friend Wayne Lorenz gave me one of his books, “Tales of Ordinary Madness,” a collection of Bukowski’s poems and stories published in 1983. I immediately identified with and became enamoured with Bukowski’s simple, yet effective, use of the English language.

It took me a little awhile to realize — …