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