Neeli Cherkovski Livres

Poetry. Literary Nonfiction. Introduction by Patrick James Dunagan. A transcribed conversation between two prolific American poets. Swapping personal stories and anecdotes, Coolidge and Cherkovski offer insight into a wide range of topics including: the New York School, the San Francisco poetry scene of the 60s/70s/80s, the Language School, the Vancouver Poetry Conference, the Berkeley Poetry Conference, David Meltzer, Allen Ginsberg, John Ashbery, Charles Olson, Gertrude Stein, Philip Whalen, Charles Bukowski, Bernadette Mayer, Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston and more. Includes lengthy appendices where each poet presents some thoughts on poetics and their approaches to writing poems.

In Whitman's Wild Children, Neeli Cherkovski looks at twelve contemporary beat poets - Michael McClure, Charles Bukowski, John Wieners, James Broughton, Philip Lamantia, Bob Kaufman, Allen Ginsberg, William Everson, Gregory Corso, Harold Norse, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Jack Micheline - chosen because each, like Whitman, took "his own road" and had little to do with what was thought acceptable in mainstream American culture during the 1940s and 1950s. Cherkovski draws on personal encounters to create biographical portraits that are engaging and animated. The result is an intimate critical memoir, written to reflect the spirit of Whitman's call for "perfect personal candor," about twelve poets who helped define contemporary American literature.

This biography explores the life of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a poet, publisher, and activist who transformed San Francisco's literary scene. In the mid-1950s, he became a pivotal figure among the Beat Generation, a group of disillusioned writers including Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Gregory Corso, who challenged conventional American ideals. Ferlinghetti, the owner of City Lights Booksellers and City Lights Publishers, played a crucial role in promoting the works of these rebellious voices while also seeking his own identity through poetry. His journey began with a tumultuous childhood, culminating in the 1958 release of his first poetry collection, A Coney Island of the Mind, which sold over a million copies and became a landmark in American poetry. This first biography, originally published in 1979 by Neeli Cherkovski, delves into Ferlinghetti's formative years and the significance of his contributions. The newly expanded edition, released after his passing in 2021 at age 101, features a humorous foreword detailing the book's creation, an epilogue reflecting on the last forty years of his life, and a heartfelt afterword about the author's long relationship with Ferlinghetti. This compelling narrative appeals to those interested in American culture and the intersection of literature and social change.

Bukowski est un écrivain considérable. Un homme en marche. Un homme étincelant. Avec l'énergie du désespoir, il secoue comme un vieux sac notre civilisation fin XXè siècle. Et ce qui tombe n'est pas joli, joli. C'est brutal. Claire Gallois, Le Figaro Toutes les histoires de Bukowski sont aussi vraies qu'infectes et, en cela, font honneur à la littérature : il raconte ce que les autres enjolivent et dissimulent. Le sexisme, la misère du quotidien, la violence et les sentiments de ceux qui se curent le nez. Et c'est pour ça qu'il gêne : il parle à tout le monde. Jean-François Bizot Les Contes de la folie ordinaire ont été portés à l'écran par Marco Ferreri avec Ben Gazzara et Ornella Mutti.

The definitive life of Charles Bukowski: literary legend and outlaw.

Neeli Cherkovski beschreibt in seiner Biographie die lebenslange Freundschaft mit Charles Bukowski, die 1963 begann. Er beleuchtet Bukowskis schwierige Kindheit, seine Erfahrungen mit Arbeit, Gefängnis und dem Schreiben als Rettung. Die überarbeitete deutsche Ausgabe erscheint anlässlich Bukowskis 100. Geburtstag.