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    The 19th Annual CHARLES BUKOWSKI Memorial Reading

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    Friday, August 14, 2026

    6:00 PM

    The Bitter End

    147 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    The 19th Annual Charles Bukowski Memorial Reading is a collective spoken-word event drawn from New York’s live literature circuit, staged at The Bitter End. The lineup—an informal rotation of local poets and readers—favours Bukowski’s plain, unsentimental diction and barroom cadence, with emphasis on voice, timing and atmosphere rather than theatrical interpretation.

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    The 19th Annual  CHARLES BUKOWSKI Memorial Reading

    The 19th Annual CHARLES BUKOWSKI Memorial Reading

    spoken word

    The 19th Annual Charles Bukowski Memorial Reading is a spoken-word performance event rooted in New York City’s live literature circuit, staged at The Bitter End. Framed as a collective tribute rather than a single-author set, it draws performers into Bukowski’s direct, unsentimental language and the barroom cadence it carries.