Fante on NPR

[saywhat]

Dan Fante on NPR's Fresh Air:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113279965

 

[poptop]

I bet Fante just loves to be mentioned in the same breath as Bukowski...not. Dan has great writing chops but I have trouble reading him because he seems wound up as tight as an 8-day clock so much of the time. I need more space between the words and sentences...more breathing room and the comic relief that humor brings. But I'm glad he's getting more attention, because he's stood up to the pressure of having a legendary-writer father and carved a place for himself that is distinctly his own. If father Fante had had his son's grite and toughness, he might have said "screw you!" to the bloodsucking film industry years earlier and written more novels. I think he would have died a happier less embittered man.

 

[justin grimbol]

i just finished reading his new novel, 86'd. it was good. lots of humor.

 

[Black Swan]

Thank you. Very good interview.

 

[LickTheStar]

Thanks for the link. Can't wait to check it out. This week's paycheck is going to a nice new copy of 86'd.

 

[mjp]

This week's paycheck is going to a nice new copy of 86'd.

Man, you need a better job! ;)

 

[d gray]

yeah the interview was good - he even cried a few times!
i could relate to his description of his father - "he had two moods - angry and angrier"

 

[LickTheStar]

Well I can only give out so many handies a week... I'm getting carpal tunnel...

 

[Ponder]

I dare to say that the interview is already legendary.
(Old European perspective....you know.)

 

[Bruno Dante]

My copy of 86'd has just arrived. Looking forward to reading it.

 

[Bruno Dante]

Really enjoying 86'D so far. Apparently his next book is a memoir about his own writing, his father's and the incluence his grandfather had on both of them.

 

[bospress.net]

I just got mine too and am ready to start reading it, having just finished the latest Nick Cave book.

Bill