I really like bukowski (don't judge me), what are some authors/books similar to him?

Celine is the original Bukowski if I could say so, also Celine is better and more bitter, Bukowski is sentimental even with all of his cynicism, Celine is not

vonnegut is like a humanist version

The most obvious author is Fante. He was a huge inspiration to Bukowski. Also, his books are great.

Also, give Fat City by Leonard Gardner a try.

John Fante.

Jim Thompson

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his poetry is literally Rupi Kaur for boomer men, so if you want his style you should logically read Rupi Kaur next

in what way? have you even read his poems?

he's the poet of not trying, literally just posting sentences with line breaks, Rupi Kaur's poetry is the exact same thing

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with an Apple Macintosh
you can't run Radio Shack programs
in its disc drive.
nor can a Commodore 64
drive read a file
you have created on an
IBM Personal Computer.
both Kaypro and Osborne computers use
the CP/M operating system
but can't read each other's
handwriting
for they format (write
on) discs in different
ways.
the Tandy 2000 runs MS-DOS but
can't use most programs produced for
the IBM Personal Computer
unless certain
bits and bytes are
altered
but the wind still blows over
Savannah
and in the Spring
the turkey buzzard struts and
flounces before his
hens.

how does this resemble rupi kaur, it's a lot longer for starters and yes a lot of poetry is basically prose with line breaks, that doesn't make it bad though

I want to say Kerouac but I don't think it fits except for the alcoholic part.

Dr Seuss

hermann hesse

Celine
He’s bukowski but a million times better

John Fante, Bukowski's biggest inspiration. Ask the dust is probably his most well-known.