Ricky Fanté flirts with stardom. The retro 27-year-old soul singer has signed with one of the biggest record companies in the world: EMI. His debut album comes out July 13. Hip celebrities like Samuel ...

Most novelists rework their personal experiences into fiction to some extent, but John Fante was fairly obvious about it. In four books dedicated to the adventures of a character he named "Arturo ...

His Excellency Professor Atta-Mills lost in the Fante heartland. Piteous spectacle. How does it feel like to be thrust in the heart by one of your own? How can we explain the axis of rejection by ones ...