X Bukowski letter sells for $1500 - The Book Depository blog

Well, those of who love Charles Bukowski always knew he was on old romantic!

This from the Guardian:

He was a poet, a novelist and a short story writer described as the "laureate of American lowlife" by Time magazine, but it turns out that Charles Bukowski had another string to his bow: agony uncle.

A typed letter from the author to his old friend and fellow poet Ann Menebroker was sold last week by online retailer Abebooks for $1,500 (£900) and shows Bukowski advising Menebroker to "hold yourself together, the glue may arrive to keep you and Wayne going". (More...)