Episode 077: Interview with author Willy Vlautin
The Motel Life Northline Lean on Pete The Free Don't Skip Out On Me ***
The Night Always Comes *** (Latest) Episode 077: Interview with Willy Vlautin Amie Newberry & Tami Ruf
We'd like to thank Willy Vlautin for taking time to talk to us. It's VERY exciting for these Reno High Grads to talk with such an amazing author and musician! All of the links for Willy's books go to his website to purchase (and have them personally signed by the author too) directly from him - music too! Check his website out at WillyVlautin.com for more merchandise too!
We were all so excited to speak with Willy that we all picked books to read, not just his newest title. The rundown of what we individually read looked like this:
Tami Read - Don't Skip Out on Me (Tami has The Night Always Comes, The Motel Life, and Lean On Pete on her TBR line up!)
Rob Read - The Motel Life, Northline, Lean on Pete, The Free, and The Night Always Comes (5 of the 6). Don't Skip Out On Me is now on Rob's TBR!
Jamie Read - The Motel Life & Lean on Pete (Next up for Jamie is Don't Skip Out On Me)
Amie Read - The Motel Life & Lean on Pete (Next up for Amie is Don't Skip Out On Me)
Willy's Favorite Authors
John Steinbeck
Raymond Carver
Robert Laxalt
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
William Kennedy
Books Mentioned
The Death of Jim Loney by James Welch
Sweet Promised Land by Robert Laxalt
Ironweed by William Kennedy
Sites Mentioned
Sundance Books and Music
Willy's Music
Richmond Fontaine
The Delines
Music Influences
Punk Rock
The Replacements
Hüskür Do
X
Country Music
What did you Read during the Pandemic?
Shoshone Mike by Frank Burgon
Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
The Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin
What are you currently reading and writing?
He's blurbing books currently!
Jess Walters Books
There are two books in the works - stay tuned! One is about a painter in St John's, Oregon and the second is about a musician, set in Reno, that ends up in Tonopah.
Movie Mentioned
Paris, Texas 1984 movie - available to rent on Amazon Prime Video
Show Notes for the Extra Interview on Patreon (Free)
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All time Favorite Authors and Their Books
John Steinbeck
Ironweed by William Kennedy
Fat City by Leonard Gardner
Flannery O'Connor
Barry Gifford
Lucia Berlin
Noir Authors
Jim Thompson
David Goodis
Charles Willaford
Western Author
James Welch
Willy's Favorite Steinbeck Novels
Canary Row
Grapes of Wrath
Of Mice and Men
The Long Valley
The Wayward Bus
Tortilla Flat
Other Books Mentioned
Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Kestral for a Knave by Barry Hines
University of Nevada Press
Carol and John Steinbeck: Portrait of a Marriage by Susan Shillinglaw
Willy is a book purchaser over visiting the library but uses the Libby app and listens to numerous audiobooks
If the world is ending Willy would take his first edition, signed, edition of Ironweed by William Kennedy
