Neeli Cherkovski (1945–2024)

Author of Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski

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About the Author

Neeli Cherkovski lives and writes in San Francisco. He is the author of several books of poetry, and biographies of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Charles Bukowski.

Includes the names: Neeli Cherry, Neeli Cherkovski, Neeli Cherkovski

Works by Neeli Cherkovski

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Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski (1991) 178 copies

Whitman's Wild Children (1988) 32 copies

Ferlinghetti, a biography (1979) 17 copies

Bukowski, A Life: The Centennial Edition (2020) 15 copies, 1 review

Elegy for Bob Kaufman (1996) 12 copies

Leaning Against Time (2005) 6 copies

Elegy For My Beat Generation (2018) 4 copies

From the Canyon Outward (2009) 4 copies

Beatitude 29 Twentieth Anniversary issue dedicated to Bob Kaufman (1979) 4 copies

Animal (1996) 3 copies

The Waters Reborn (1975) 3 copies

Off The Toungues Of Sinners: A Poetry Anthology (2002) 3 copies

Beatitude Golden Anniversary 1959-2009 (Beatitude Literary Magazine, Volume 50) (2009) — Editor — 3 copies

The portrait gallery called existence (2025) 2 copies

Ferlinghetti: A Life (2022) 2 copies

Poem for a Festival — Author — 2 copies

From the Middle Woods (2011) 2 copies

Grotesque Empire 2 copies

Clear wind (1984) 2 copies

Fallendes Licht /Falling Light (2014) 1 copy

Elegy for the Poet 1 copy

Public Notice 1 copy

The Crow and I (2015) 1 copy

Manila Poems (2013) 1 copy

Captain Stalin: in the Alarm, Number 18, Summer 1983 (1981) 1 copy

Naming the Nameless (2004) 1 copy

Juggler within 1 copy

ABC's (2022) 1 copy

The Be Attitude: A Beatitude Press Broadside (#1) 1 copy

Whitman'in Vahsi Cocuklari (2019) 1 copy

Selected Poems 1959-2022 (2024) 1 copy

Fronteras rotas 1 copy

Me And Bukowski (No. 5 in FreeThought series) 1 copy

Black Cat Review 1 copy

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The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (1999) — Contributor — 623 copies, 3 reviews

For Neruda, For Chile: An International Anthology (1975) — Contributor — 28 copies

Peace or perish : a crisis anthology — Editor — 4 copies

Last Call: The Legacy of Charles Bukowski — Contributor — 3 copies, 1 review

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Other names: Cherry, Neeli
Birthdate: 1945
Date of death: 2024-03-19
Gender: male
Occupations: poet
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, USA
Associated Place (for map): California, USA

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Bukowski, A Life: The Centennial Edition by Neeli Cherkovski

I have read Ham on Rye, Bukowski's autobiography of his childhood, and it's easy to understand why he was a hardcore alcoholic. His father was emotionally detached and brutal to him, and Bukowski's behavior of substance abuse, and not be able to maintain relationships or jobs is typical of personality disorder that is common in traumatized children. I just don't think that Cherkovski's book adds a lot to the story other than Bukowski's public persona was fictional. He often used women to show more support him, and was successful enough in his later life to have a middle class life. No doubt he had talent as a writer but perhaps his life was his greatest work of fiction. show less

Dec 7, 2020