Septuagenarian Stew: Stories and Poems

“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles."—Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author

“He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter

Septuagenarian Stew is a combination of poetry and stories written by Charles Bukowski that delve into the lives of different people on the backstreets of Los Angeles. He writes of the housewife, the bum, the gambler and the celebrity to evoke a portrait of Los Angeles.

This is Bukowski uncorked—a raw stew of life from the gutter, served stra...