Search results for query: John Fante

By "both of the Guthrie's", do you mean the folksingers Woody Guthrie and his son Arlo Guthrie? For three "writer type people", check out these three influences of Buk's: John Fante, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, and Robinson Jeffers.

I'm selling a scarce copy of John Fante's ASK THE DUST. It is a 1988 BLACK SPARROW PRESS Fifth Printing HARDCOVER. Used-Very Good Condition with Dust Jacket. A very nice copy of a very rare book. Now taking reasonable offers. You may email me off the board for pictures and more info...

Hi Bill W, As far as selling your books, it would probably be best to contact a well known, reputable bookseller. I'll PM you.... That Paget Press galley is pretty. I saw a galley proof for Ham on Rye on abe for $1150. I would think that this would have that approximate value. I'm...

...of nearly every signed, limited and numbered book ever published by The Black Sparrow press no matter the author. I treasure all of my John Fante special editions almost as much as the Bukowski books. I'll have to hold a wake for my book collection the day after finally disposing of it all...

I was browsing my local Barnes & Nobel today and came accross a BSP 6th printing of The Wine of Youth. I've been curious about Fante for some time (thanks to Buk) and finding a BSP edition sealed the deal. Needless to say I bought the book and am looking forward to reading a book by Buks "God"...

As he stated so often in his own writings, Buk's literary mentor was John Fante and he strove to emulate him in his early works. I never heard of any editor or reviewer state Buk was ripping off Fante. Todays small press world is in need of a reformation away from its search for originality in...

I'm not sure what it is you're going on about. joking... That's a good answer, and absolutely correct. A lot of folks-nice, respectable, boring literary types- get hung up on the whole drunkard persona and act like the work itself doesn't have any merit. I liked what John Martin said in Born...

Yes, but the one on abe is fine condition. Really beautiful. This one on ebay is stinky. Not worth anywhere close to the $5500 they are asking. If Cahill is asking $6000 for that abe copy, they would probably take $5500, if offered. The one on abe has to be worth what, half? Bill

Fante ended up with a pretty successful career as a Hollywood screenwriter for much of his writing days, so I imagine that his more literary efforts didn't get the attention they deserved since he probably didn't have a steady publisher who was out there promoting his work (until BSP, of...

...of Ask the Dust that John Martin sent me back in 1985. It was published in 1984 but the copyright notice says "Copyright 1939, 1980 by John Fante." And the preface is by Bukowski. Also have Collected Stories by Paul Bowles, copyright 1985, from the same batch of stuff that Martin sent me...

...getting purchase orders from various customers for titles of authors whose titles were sent to other Publishers. Charles Bukowski, John Fante & Paul Bowles titles are with HarperCollins Publishers in their Ecco Press Division. Wyndham Lewis titles are available from Gingko Press..." And...

...over 60, it's easier to make adjustments." Influences: "I've had my crutches: F.Dos[toevsky], Turgenev, some of Celine...Hamsun, most of John Fante...Sherwood Anderson, very early Hemingway,, all of Carson McCullers, the longer poems of Jeffers; Nietzche and Schopenhauer; the style of...

...and would I please look through the Black Sparrow catalog and pick any books I wanted. I must have picked a dozen books -- Paul Bowles, John Fante, Bukowski -- and he sent them to me. The other interesting thing he did was order 200 copies of "then I gave up and began drinking heavily" and...

Hi Everyone, I've now read all of Bukowski's novels, more than once.. I was wondering if anyone has any advice on what other books not by Bukowski I could get that are in a similar style. I have some John Fante books and read them, but any others people know would be great. Thanks Dan

CH16: A SEASON OF PASSING "What happened to you???" Those were Nelson's words as he opened the door to The Rehab At The Beach. This visit was the 2nd one. The one that lasted ten minutes. "What the fuck do you think?" I answered "Can you believe this shit?" I said to the father who...

i like john yau a lot. hawaiian cowboys is really good, and i'm looking forward to reading "my symptoms". have you tried fante? he's good too. (some might say "really good" or even "amazingly good.") weep not my wanton by maggie dubris is fantastic, and i also like the "thus spake the...

I'm reading Mooch at the moment. Dan Fante's a great writer. If anyone is interested they should get his book of short stories Corksucker (I think it might be called Short Dog in America?). Also, check out the brutalists (Ben Myers, Tony O'Neill, Adelle Stripe). They're a little group of...

I had meant to bid on that one, missed it by a few minutes. To be fair he did offer more information in his description. I think the price you paid was very fair. I'm guessing the later printing you sold was near mint? Well, personally, I'd still see this first as a good upgrade.

1.John Fante 2. Hunter S. Thompson 3. Kurt Vonnegut 4. Jack Kerouac 5. Dan Fante I'm actually trying to think where I'd put Bukowski in my top 5... Probably 3... Definitely a level above Kerouac... Maybe above Vonnegut... Hm... Yeah I guess he'd be 3.

okay. let's fight. Wellll.. The problem is that that there is so much crap out there. Anyone wanting a foothold can say, Well, yeah. I was influenced by Bukowski, see? So ain't I worth a look? The truth is that if you are influenced by anyone, Bukowski, Robert Frost, Edgar Allen...

...imagine that a communicator of Bukowski's caliber who did not shun publicity would not also appreciate being imitated. He was grateful to John Fante for his influence on his own writing and was not shy in admitting it... why would he not appreciate a reciprocation of sorts? He would certainly...

...infancy, through childhood and it's true all through adulthood. Isn't it also true that Bukowski openly admitted he admired and emulated John Fante? Can you really imagine Bukowski satisfied only with dumbstruck, fawning readers who were not inspired by his works to write themselves, even if...

Hmm... John Fante Douglas Coupland Amy Hempel Chuck Palahniuk Bret Easton Ellis With honourable mentions to Truman Capote and George Orwell.

Hi there I'm Joe Roche. I've been reading these forums for a while now and have always enjoyed what I've read so I thought I'd join. I'm 20, originally from Cornwall in England, now in my second year at Kingston University in London, studying English lit and journalism. Like many here, I'm...

...and i hated you like a father ----------------------------------- "I read note from underground in my early 20's. A big influence was John Fante, Celine, Knut Hamnsun - Hunger. Charles Bukowskie - Early collections. Walt Whitman - people pointed me to him by comparing our work. Letters...