{"product_id":"on-writing","title":"On Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSharp and moving reflections and ruminations on the artistry and craft of writing from one of our most iconoclastic, riveting, and celebrated masters.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Bukowski's stories, poems, and novels have left an enduring mark on our culture. In this collection of correspondence--letters to publishers, editors, friends, and fellow writers--the writer shares his insights on the art of creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOn Writing\u003c\/em\u003e reveals an artist brutally frank about the drudgery of work and canny and uncompromising about the absurdities of life--and of art. It illuminates the hard-edged, complex humanity of a true American legend and counterculture icon--the \"laureate of American lowlife\" (\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e)--who stoically recorded society's downtrodden and depraved. It exposes an artist grounded in the visceral, whose work reverberates with his central ideal: \"Don't try.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiercing, poignant, and often hilarious, \u003cem\u003eOn Writing\u003c\/em\u003e is filled not only with memorable lines but also with Bukowski's trademark toughness, leavened with moments of grace, pathos, and intimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48836068278477,"sku":"9780062417404","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_fa5c0795-751e-4c2b-b2d1-637e1780a93f.jpg?v=1790992674","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/on-writing","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}