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Barflies, rejoice: It's Charles Bukowski's birthday
Jacket CopyCharles Bukowski was born Aug. 16, 1920, in Germany; his family moved to America, and Los Angeles, when he was still a boy. Bukowski grew up to be a celebrated outsider, a hard drinking poet and author. "The wine does...... -
Huntington's director of research to retire in 2011
Culture MonsterRobert C. Ritchie, who has served for close to 19 years as the director of research at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, will retire from his position in June 2011. The Huntington said that Ritchie will remain...... -
'Eastbound and Down' recap: Kenny Powers comes out
Show TrackerThere is a man and he walks a lonely road. He carries the burden of greatness and the heavy weight of failure. Like the mythic Hemingway characters, he has run from the horror of existence and is trying to piece...... -
30 notable L.A. literary events in October
Jacket CopyFall is a bountiful time for books, and for literary events in Los Angeles, too. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Cunningham, cookbook author Mark Bittman, bestselling bad boy Tucker Max, L.A. Times book critic David L. Ulin, and Rick Riordan, the.... -
Coming Attractions – Charles Bukowski
The Daily MirrorPhotograph of Charles Bukowski courtesy of the Huntington Library An exhibit titled "Charles Bukowski: Poet on the Edge," featuring material from Bukowski's archives, will be on display at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens from... -
Charles Bukowski at the Huntington
Jacket CopyThe Huntington's Charles Bukowski exhibit opened Saturday; the library owns both a Gutenberg Bible and the papers of the Los Angeles poet, who died in 1994. "The Huntington is perceived as a conservative institution, but it's really not," David S....... -
James Franco's buying spree
Jacket CopyOn Tuesday, D.J. Waldie sent around an e-mail announcing that James Franco had bought the rights to "Holy Land," Waldie's memoir of growing up in Lakewood in the 1950s. New housing tracts! Fallout shelters! Strange neighbors! Suburban ennui! According to.... -
The Huntington acquires the David Wilkie painting 'Sancho Panza in the Days of His Youth'
Culture MonsterThe Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens owns notable works by Turner and Constable but did not possess a major painting by another influential 19th century British artist, David Wilkie, until now. The San Marino institution said... -
The Agenda: Charles Bukowski: Poet on the Edge at the Huntington Library
Brand XAn exhibition devoted to the L.A. literary bad boy seems a bit out of place at the palatial Huntington Library, positioned next door to the Ellesmere Chaucer and a Gutenberg Bible — just how Buk would've wanted it. The outsider poet's typewriter,... -
Tom Waits, poet
Jacket CopyThe poetry of musician Tom Waits will see publication next year in the book "Hard Ground," published by the University of Texas Press. "Hard Ground" is a collaboration with photojournalist Michael O'Brien and will be a visual and poetic look...... -
Creative-writing MFA student to co-host the Oscars
Jacket CopyJames Franco will co-host the 83rd annual Oscar telecast on Feb. 27 with Anne Hathaway, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday. Although most of the world knows Hathaway and Franco as talented young actors who can...... -
James Franco options Steve Erickson's 'Zeroville'
Jacket CopyJames Franco has optioned Steve Erickson's film-focused novel, Zeroville....
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