In 1969, an offer came to hell. "Quit your job, and I'll give you $100 a month for the rest of your life." The offer came from John Martin, publisher and founder of Black Sparrow Press. Charles Bukowski - still an unknown writer - had spent his last decade at a "soul-wrenching" post office job. He wanted out. In a letter at the time, Bukowski wrote: "I have one of two choices - stay in the post office and go crazy... or stay out here and play at writer and starve. I have decided to starve." --- WANT TO CREATE VIDEOS LIKE THESE? This is the software I use: http://bit.ly/2CdPdwF --- This episode was initially published as an article on Medium.com by Charles Chu: https://medium.com/personal-growth/charles-bukowski-the-slavery-of-the-9-to-5-ae6778ce3731 Author: Charles Chu | www.thepolymathproject.com Thumbnail: Wikimedia Commons | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bukowski_Drawing_1.jpg --- FB: https://www.facebook.com/ArtOfImprovement Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheArtOfImprove Insta: https://www.instagram.com/art.of.improvement
Charles Bukowski: The Slavery of the 9 to 5
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