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Richmond Fontaine

Feb

4

2014

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Going to the Well with Willy Vlautin

Willy Vlautin is an author and songwriter from Scappoose, Oregon, just up Hwy 30 from the St. John’s Bridge. He’s revered enough to have been recruited to read the works of William Stafford and Ken Kesey in documentaries of their lives and work recently aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting. Still, there are a lot of …

Nov

11

2013

$29 a Night Inspiration

This announcement comes from a Richmond Fontaine newsletter sent to fans last week. The band, recently inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, has been lead by Scappoose, Oregon author Willy Vlautin for the past 20 years.  “In case you haven’t heard, Willy’s first novel, The Motel Life, has been adapted to the big screen. …

Apr

30

2012

Marlantes and Vlautin Shortlisted for BIG prize

When his band’s newsletter mentioned that Willy Vlautin (Lean on Pete) would be buying rounds of drinks if Vlautin takes home the IMPAC literary award for which he’s been shortlisted, we just took it to mean that there’d be a general cause for celebration. We then clicked the link for a little more info and, …

Mar

1

2012

1

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He's Big in Europe

Willy Vlautin has a lot of fans here in the Northwest, and the upcoming release of the film version of his 2006 novel The Motel Life might just mean a lot more for the Scappoose, Oregon writer/musician/everyman, who took home two Oregon Book Awards last year for Lean on Pete. Europeans are long onto Vlautin. …

Dec

17

2011

28 Authors, 28 Variations on a List: Day 17. Willy Vlautin

Day 17. Willy Vlautin. It was a Paul Kelly song, based on Raymond Carver’s Too Much Water So Close to Home, that inspired Vlautin to start writing stories. He has published three novels in that spirit, The Motel Life (2007), Northline (2008) and Lean on Pete (2010), all characterized by what one reviewer called “melancholy …

Jan

26

2011

A Trifecta of Willy Vlautin

Willy Vlautin’s name seems to be in the air at NWBL this week. First, there’s this funny Read Roll Show video of him talking about bad jobs he’s had, including one where he worked for a veterinarian in Reno and had to pick up dead cats and dogs in an El Camino. We don’t know anyone …

Mar

4

2010

Love for Willy Vlautin

  One of our favorite unsung Northwest authors was honored in a big way this week in the UK’s The Guardian. Famous authors were asked to select their favorite book from the last ten years. George Pelacanos chose Northline by Scappoose, Oregon author Willy Vlautin.  Michael Gruber has described Vlautin as the “secret love child …

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