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Tag Archives: arturo bandini
Buon Compleanno, John Fante!
(John Fante, April 8th, 1909-May 8th, 1983) Inferiority might have been your first memory. Though you were born on American soil, stubbornly planted there, the chinked chains of immigration clanked and rattled, Marley-style, tightening round your throat, as you butted … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, arturo bandini, ask the dust, bandini quartet, happy birthday, homage, Italian-American, john fante, los angeles, writer
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Dust in the Wind
A musician named Sam introduced me to Ask the Dust when I was in my early twenties. It was exactly the book I needed at the time. Sam had heard me read at the Vault, a house-based, performance space in … Continue reading
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Tagged arturo bandini, ask the dust, black sparrow, craft, fiction, inspiration, Italian-American, john fante, story, thank you, tribute, words
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Fante and Bandini
Inferiority might have been your first memory. Though you were born on American soil, stubbornly planted there, the chinked chains of immigration clanked and rattled, Marley-style, tightening around your throat, as you butted your head against the scabby base of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s los angeles, arturo bandini, ask the dust, bunker hill, Italian-American, john fante, la writer, novel, Poetry, Prose, words
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John Fante
John Fante splashed vinegar into the eyes of the world. The vinegar was house-made, from his mama’s trusty cupboard. Mama’s cupboard contained a lot, an old-world apothecary glutted with cloves of garlic, deceit, shame, bones, crucifixes, oregano, thyme, rosary beads, … Continue reading
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Tagged arturo bandini, ask the dust, homage, john fante, Literary, novels, Prose, words
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Ask the Dust
A musician named Sam introduce me to Ask the Dust when I was in my early twenties. It was exactly the book I needed at the time. Sam had heard me read at The Vault, this house-based performance space in … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, arturo bandini, ask the dust, books of my life, Brooklyn, italian american, john fante, los angeles, the writing life
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John Fante
Audio tribute to the writer, John Fante.
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Tagged arturo bandini, ask the dust, Audio, john fante, novels, Poetry, Prose, Spoken Word
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Homage to John Fante
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Tagged arturo bandini, ask the dust, italian-american writers, john fante, literature, los angeles, Spoken Word
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John Fante
April 8th will mark the 113th birthday of Mr. John Fante. His delightful landmine of a novel, Ask the Dust (published in 1939) along with the other three novels which chronicled the exploits of his feisty alter-ego, Arturo Bandini, remain … Continue reading
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Tagged arturo bandini, ask the dust, italian-american writers, john fante, lose angeles, old school, poem, Prose
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John Fante
Inferiority might have been your first memory. Though you were born on American soil, Denver, CO, April 8th, 1909, the chinked chains of immigration had you by the throat and bowels, pinched your nerves as you butted your head against … Continue reading
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Tagged arturo bandini, ask the dust, homage, italian-american writers, John Biscello, john fante, Poetry, tribute
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John Fante
Inferiority might have been your first memory. Though you were born on American soil, Denver, CO, April 8th, 1909, the chinked chains of immigration had you by the throat and bowels, pinched your nerves as you butted your head against … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged april 8th, arturo bandini, ask the dust, Italian-American, John Biscello, john fante, literature, los angeles, novel, novelist, poem, portrait, prose poem, tribute, writer
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John Biscello 