From the monthly archives:
April 2009
Reading Buk No. 23
‘roll the dice’
By Charles Bukowski
from What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
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The Madness of Art presents Reading Buk—nightly readings of selected works of Charles Bukowski—as a special series during the month of April in celebration of National Poetry Month 2009.
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Reading Buk No. 22
‘classical music and me’
By Charles Bukowski
from The Last Night of the Earth Poems
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The Madness of Art presents Reading Buk—nightly readings of selected works of Charles Bukowski—as a special series during the month of April in celebration of National Poetry Month 2009.
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Thou Art Is Heaven
“When there is a great art, there is always heaven.”
—Surendra Shrestha
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Reading Buk No. 21
‘my cats’
By Charles Bukowski
from Come On In!
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The Madness of Art presents Reading Buk—nightly readings of selected works of Charles Bukowski—as a special series during the month of April in celebration of National Poetry Month 2009.
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The Power of Music
Can music change the world? The answer is, of course, a resounding yes.
Music possesses a power—to a greater extent than any other art form—to bring together people of diverse backgrounds, varying religions, opposing political views, and other typically divisive issues. Whether on a front porch in Appalachia, a New York City subway station, a street corner in Los Angeles or New Orleans, on a park bench, in an arena or stadium, or anywhere at all, music attracts a crowd that can, at least temporarily, agree—a group willing to unite, whether they realize it or not, in the moment. Read more…
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Reading Buk No. 20
‘the word’
By Charles Bukowski
from Bone Palace Ballet
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The Madness of Art presents Reading Buk—nightly readings of selected works of Charles Bukowski—as a special series during the month of April in celebration of National Poetry Month 2009.
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Reading Buk No. 19
‘no nonsense’
By Charles Bukowski
from You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense
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The Madness of Art presents Reading Buk—nightly readings of selected works of Charles Bukowski—as a special series during the month of April in celebration of National Poetry Month 2009.
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Reading Buk No. 18
‘the sickness’
By Charles Bukowski
from War All the Time
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The Madness of Art presents Reading Buk—nightly readings of selected works of Charles Bukowski—as a special series during the month of April in celebration of National Poetry Month 2009.
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Assessing Art
“Ideally, each piece of art’s its own unique object, and its evaluation’s always present-tense.”—David Foster Wallace
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Reading Buk No. 17
‘hell is a closed door’
By Charles Bukowski
from The Last Night of the Earth Poems
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The Madness of Art presents Reading Buk—nightly readings of selected works of Charles Bukowski—as a special series during the month of April in celebration of National Poetry Month 2009.
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