John Fante - The Writer Charles Bukowski Called His "God"

[@TheSelador]

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[@Paddy984]

Appreciating John Fante's work is akin to appreciating a fine wine, a classic painting, a timeless piece of music, or any other form of excellence that encapsulates the best of what we experience. Thank you, Charles Bukowski, for opening my mind to this great genius.

[@Getouttamyfaceatgmaildotcom]

Beautifully put, the man practically saved my sanity ❤

[@Trifixion22]

Whatever your feelings about Bukowski, he deserves MAJOR credit for always shouting out his influences and fellow talent. Despite his lifelong struggle to get published and recognized, he still used his platform to get Fante's work reprinted.

[@russkiygeniy5053]

not "despite", but "because of his lifelong struggle"

[@greethe]

@@russkiygeniy5053 agree

[@kareliask]

Thank you for this, I don't know this writer at all - I'm picking up a short stories collection. I'm glad he hadn't died before he was recognised.

[@crunkboy]

I just bought “The Wine of Youth” collection of short stories

[@John-sj6ui]

I'm not the first person to say it, but these books of Fante's include some of the funniest scenes I have ever come across. Debilitating laughter

[@FaithfulComforter]

Should I start from the first book or ask the dust?

[@John-sj6ui]

@@FaithfulComforter I'd start from the start

[@matthewarmenta3926]

My great grandfather rip John fante RIP to my grandpa Dan fante

[@luqman6866]

tf? fr?

[@matthewarmenta3926]

@@luqman6866 yea bro one of the documentaries Dan fante “aka my grandpa “ talks about my dad my family comes out in that video as well my mom was pregnant of me .

[@matthewarmenta3926]

@@luqman6866 video is called “made in fante “ skip video to 35:15.

[@luqman6866]

@@matthewarmenta3926 damn, brother gud on you, i guess.

[@anoiranoir8548]

You are my God

[@BritInvLvr]

I need to check these books out. I love reading about the city I was born and raised in. Thank you for this video.

[@chaosofthegalaxy3094]

Both “Ask The Dust” and “Wait Until Spring, Bandini” are highly underrated

[@chupacabradisco]

Devouring Ask The Dust now. Exceeds my expectations.

[@RealGlowup]

@@chupacabradiscoprobably my fav book ever, it must be read.

[@RealGlowup]

@@chupacabradiscoI’m so glad you like it!!! 💖💖💖

[@jordanseifert4640]

Great video, my man. It's always great to hear about unknown writers and discovering their work.

[@sebrishwakeed2293]

Really loved the way how you told the story throughout the video. It was captivating. Please keep making these videos.

[@qjames0077]

Love your vids. The topics covered, the writing, the production value...keep it up man. 100k subs soon to come, I'm sure

[@TheSelador]

Very kind words, thanks a lot man

[@caodanadu]

I’ve just finished The Road to Los Angeles. Been saving the last pages for a proper time that ended up being tonight. Tomorrow I will dive into Dreams of Bunker Hill, passing from the first novel to the last one (and final book of the Bandini quartet). It’s been a while since I had this type of gripping fascination with an author to the point of reading everything that I can find. That first paragraph of Ask the Dust is something that will stay with me forever. Guess that’s some sort of love

[@SuperPsychoSheep]

Your quality has really improved, and I love these topics. Always learn something new.

[@aVerveQuest]

I can think of no greater gift on one's deathbed than to be read of forward about how you affected the artistic life of a great novelist, do you suddenly find out your art eas such an inspiration when you go on your whole life thinking that it hadn't mattered must be a great comfort as you reach your last days

[@humblebragsmcghee]

I appreciate you posting this. I really do.

[@saltyportman]

Great video, love learning more about writers

[@michaelgrasso1290]

Thanks!

[@TheSelador]

That's very kind, thank you :)

[@ernstrobertalmgren9057]

I would love a video about H.L Mencken as well. Great channel, subbed!

[@CayusCaesar7]

I appreciated very much this video. Congratulations 4 u from that channel. 🎉👏🙏

[@borgassimilator8910]

Such an interesting video once again!

[@sarthakkapoor2723]

Thanks for this video!!! It was really interesting to watch. You are dope🔥

[@mxyzptlk...]

"Ask the Dust" is next in my reading queue after I finish reading, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".

[@markgullick1725]

Very good piece, Thanks.

[@huyivant5190]

Arturo Bandini!

[@harryf8600]

Hey Mate, really interesting video! After watching the film The End Of The Tour, I’d love to see a video on David Foster Wallace if that’s something you would ever consider. Love the content though!

[@TheSelador]

Hey man, I've never read any of David Foster Wallace's work but you've intrigued me now so I'll definitely look into it. Thank you for the kind words and suggestion!

[@muhammadyasirali8927]

Just read Fante. Surprised by how much Bukowski was influenced by Fante. Got to read the full Bandini Quartet. Bukowski was a good man. Even his act of endorsing Fante's work for wider circulation is so similar to Bandini helping Sam with his short stories in Ask the dust. He seem to be really fascinated by Fante. Fante wrote in such an amazing way-free from classical definitions and constraints of writing-in pure lyricist way. Weaving through complex emotions seamlessly, focusing more on evoking unique states of consciousness.

[@shuroom57]

At 20:33, Fante is a dead ringer for Mike Ehrmantraut, the character played by Jonathan Banks in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.

[@emmanuelrichard9129]

Great job...but not a Fante's photo in the begining. Alta Loma Hotel in the book...real name Alta Vista Hotel.

[@hpbecraft]

good lord you have linked my greatest loves, mathematics and poetry. Give this man a glass, no bottles of wine, many bottles...

[@joseybryant7577]

If I'm remembering correctly, Steinbeck used the notes of a woman to help with Wrath. That same woman wrote a depression era novel herself, that was also overshadowed by Wrath. Not to throw shade on Steinbeck.

[@Saturnia2014]

If he did do that, all the shade should be thrown at him

[@ZagrebBundist]

@@Saturnia2014 to my knowledge he didn't know they were her notes. Tom Collins gave them to him.

[@amanalone3473]

Yes. Her name was Sanora Babb, and the book she wrote which was effectively stolen by Steinbeck was 'Whose Names are Unknown'.

[@kafenwar]

@@amanalone3473 Sanora Babb was also Ralph Ellison's lover, believe it or not.

[@GRUUUUUVY]

You cannot be bound to the Frenchman's rules.

[@MikeKnittel-ve3wd]

Fante's other works are very good, but 'Ask the Dust' blows them away in my humble opinion. This is a man in the zone, at the apex of his talents while writing that book. To me it's one long poem almost

[@josh-nq2mw]

The portrait you're using at 1:59 is not John Fante. To say nothing about the rest of the work here, it's bad form to have a false portrait of your subject as the thumbnail. This sort of mistake will make any viewer familiar with Fante immediately question the value/quality of such a video. Don't mean to be rude, or to undercut the rest of your work, which seems accurate enough. Long live Fante, and carry on!

[@theundertakerman2]

Great video

[@nevadatan7323]

If that dinner/ bedroom story doesnt encapsulate the disconnect and harm of alter egos borne from intimidation vs human connection and vulnerability i dont know what will

[@renesaurusdoom7339]

Road to Los Angeles is freakin good as hell. Silly

[@MrAmericanworkmule]

Thank you

[@eric13zombie]

Honestly, my first book of him that I read and my favorite was west of Rome

[@aVerveQuest]

I read Ask the Dust years ago. It is a poingant work, especially to a wanna- be novelist, as I was at the time....... But it was certainly way ahead of its time I can see how it wasn't widely popular, then or now........ It gave me, an American version of Notes from The Underground vibes

[@contagonist8478]

" The Road To Los Angeles " is everything that Catcher in the Rye wishes it was, only written 10 years earlier. Its a fakkin tremendous book - John Fante is the real thing. One of Fantes sons - Dan Fante/Bruno Dante - is also a pretty good writer in his own right.

[@barflytom3273]

good job. thank you.

[@AntonioDoinel]

The portrait at 1.59 is not John Fante

[@TheMrCalidad]

im not sure where did you get all that details about Bukowski finding Fante's book, he always said he was his favorite, but also had a bunch of other writers that he liked, and he read hundreds of books.

[@Broom_person]

The 1980 edition of “Ask the Dust” by black sparrow press has a preface written by Bukowski- he talks about it there

[@albertoarmanini]

The guy you put in the front cover is not John Fante. He's Stephen Spender...

[@Kurjistaja]

22:37 this was interesting

[@DaveSCameron]

I knew Johns younger brother In he was called..

[@Topgqrst]

Hank was and well be ever great

[@friedricengravy6646]

Thank u

[@sistergrimace1567]

I still wonder what happened to Camilla.

[@barflytom3273]

sistergrimace1567. she turned out to be a lesbian. Fante's words.

[@sistergrimace1567]

@@barflytom3273 Wow. So she survived the desert…

[@cheriepeden6384]

The Canon is a bit of a joke, where is Bukowski, Rimbaud, dos Passos, and so many others. I'm no slouch and I barely have heard of Fante. I don't listen much to so-called experts telling me what I should be reading.

[@dennismason3740]

"Library" is both spelled and pronounced "lie-brerry". There are two "r"s in "library".

[@aSouthFloridian]

Fante was incredible. So was Bukowski, but what a sack of crap he was.

[@aVerveQuest]

HL Mencken is what's missing from journalism today

[@erict486]

Wow he married a woman with the same last name... what are the odds?

[@shaalis]

"Libary"