John Fante Biography John Fante was a Los Angeles novelist who wrote often of working-class Italian families. He is best known for his novel Ask the Dust. See Work FICTION / Autumn 1940 A Nun No More By John Fante My mother went to a high school which was run by the nuns. After she got through she wanted to be a nun too. My Grandma Toscana told me. But Grandma and the whole family didn’t want her to become a nun. They told her it was all right for...
