Charles Baudelaire and Charles Bukowski share much more than initials. The hated paternal authority, the love of German music, poetry, and a certain taste for drunkenness. If there is one author who has written on...

Do you remember the Trojan War? This war which pitted the great Greek kings against the Trojans is the subject of Homer's Iliad, which recounts the last few days of ten years of fiery struggles...