What you (may have) missed on 3:AM recently:
Flash fiction: ‘Haunted Prosthetic Limb Rescued From the Dumpster Near the Produce Stand’ by Gregory Frye
Poetry: In the twelfth of his Maintenant series, SJ Fowler interviews the Estonian poet Jürgen Rooste; ‘Two Poems’ by Jürgen Rooste
Comic Strip: ‘A Day in the Life of Spencer McCormick 2’
Reviewed: Max Dunbar on Mary K Blewitt’s You Alone May Live: One Woman’s Journey Through the Aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide & Eva Hoffman’s Time; Colin Herd on Bruce Boone’s Century of Clouds
Interviewed: Flashback, part five (& the final part) of Ben Pleasants’ conversation with John Fante:
Ben: What part did Bukowski play in this, in terms of bringing the work along?
John: Nothing.
Ben: I don’t mean in terms of the writing. I mean in terms of the publishing.
John: Nothing. [Pause] I’m trying to relate Bukowski to John Martin.
Ben: What I would say – I’m not trying to put words in your mouth, but Bukowski had been a tremendous fan of your work for many years, and he began to mention your work in print just about this time.
John: That’s a great idea.
Ben: Especially in Women, but there are other places, also. I also think by writing the introduction to Ask the Dust, which was the book that was a tremendous influence on his own work and his own life, that was to me a very significant breakthrough, and it was perhaps one of the reasons why Martin read the book. It wasn’t the reason he took it, but it was one of the reasons he read it.
John: That’s true, that’s true.
Joyce Fante: Bukowski called frequently, and we had very friendly conversations, but nothing about the book.
