Wayne Ewing, The Outsiders of New Orleans (Loujon Press)
OffBeat Magazine One of the first things that come to mind when Charles Bukowski is brought up in conversation is, at least for this critic, the Matt Dillon film “Factotum.” Dillon’s role as a nomadic alcoholic writer, drifting from one American dead end to another, is quite the cipher for the real-world poet, whose observations and commentary just brim with wit and disgust. Some scenes he has an unexplained burn on his face, some scenes he’s wrestling with a bottle of non-descript booze, and others he’s smoking and jotting down notes with pencil and paper. Through it all, there’s...