John Fante's Ask the Dust

Stephen Cooper (Edited By) Stephen Cooper is Professor of English, California State University, Long Beach. He is the author of Full of Life: A Biography of John Fante (Angel City Press, 2005).Clorinda Donato (Edited By) Clorinda Donato is the George L. Graziadio Chair of Italian Studies at California State University, Long Beach. She co-wrote The "Encyclopédie Méthodique" in Spain.

• Introduction 11. New Approaches to John Fante's Ask the DustFrom the Particular to the Universal: Vittorini's ItalianAdaptation of Ask the Dust 15Valerio FermeWhen Spirituality Ebbs and Flows: Religion and DiasporicAlienation in Ask the Dust 43Suzanne Manizza Roszak"Sad Flower in the Sand": Camilla Lopez and the Erasureof Memory in Ask the Dust 58Meagan Meylor"A Ramona in Reverse": Writing the Madness of the SpanishPast in Ask the Dust 83Daniel Gardner2. Sibling Arts: Ask the Dust in Dance, Music,the Graphic Novel, and FrenchDancing with the Dust: Translating Ask the Dust to the Stage 111J'aime MorrisonAsk the Lyrics: John Fante in Music 127Chiara MazzucchelliWatch Out or You'll End up in My Novel: The Lost Worldof Ask the Dust 145Robert GuffeyDon't Ask the French 157Philippe Garnier3. Ask the Dust and Its Effects: Readers and Writers RespondAmid the Dust 167Miriam AmicoThe Passion That Became a Festival 177Giovanna DiLelloI Had Bandini: Reading Ask the Dust in Prison 193Joel WilliamsWriting in the Dust 201Alan RifkinHow Hitler Nearly Destroyed the Great American Novel 213Ryan Holiday4. Ask the Dust and Its Due: Two Filmmakers and Bukowski Pay TributeInterview with Robert Towne 237Nathan RabinLetters from Los Angeles 245Jan Louter"My Dear Bukowski," "Hello John Fante": Preface to Ask the Dust 261John Fante and Charles Bukowski5. The Attic, the Archive, and BeyondFrom Family to Institutional Memory: A Conversationwith Stephen Cooper 273Teresa FiorePrelude to "Prologue to Ask the Dust" 281Stephen CooperGoodbye, Bunker Hill 290John FanteThe Road to John Fante's Los Angeles 296Stephen CooperAcknowledgments 315List of Contributors 319Bibliography 325Index 331