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Panic Years, a novel, is available now!
"Panic Years is authentic, bighearted, and fun. The novel's tight pacing and uncynical approach to its subject matter capture the essence of a young group on the road—a trip to be savored, one gritty gig at a time." -Foreword Reviews
"DiFranco creates a world that nicely draws back the curtain on the rock life that most people fantasize about. It’s an insightful and illustrative read." - Bruce Warren Executive Producer of World Cafe on NPR Music "This is more than a great rock novel—it's a great novel about work, friendship, and making art against all odds." - Dave Housley author of Massive Cleansing Fire and co-founder of Barrelhouse Available now!
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Be good.
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Be evil.
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Feed the monkey.
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Whatnow?!
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Daniel DiFranco lives in Philadelphia. He teaches high school English and music. He plays in a band. He likes short, clear sentences. He often throws in a longer clause to balance out the rhythm of a paragraph.
He graduated from Temple University with a BS in English Education, and Arcadia University with an MFA in Creative Writing. He loves to travel, and learned the hard way that there is no peanut butter in Europe. In a former life he studied guitar and music performance until he realized the real money is in teaching and writing. Sometimes he writes about music. He doesn't play music about writing, though. That would be boring.
His work has appeared in Smokelong Quarterly, Monkeybicycle, LitroNY, Drunk Monkeys, and other fine publications. His writing has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. He is 1/3 of the podcast book.record.beer, a podcast of writer-musicians who talk art and cut a track.
Playing in Those People helps quell the loudness left over from writing.
He graduated from Temple University with a BS in English Education, and Arcadia University with an MFA in Creative Writing. He loves to travel, and learned the hard way that there is no peanut butter in Europe. In a former life he studied guitar and music performance until he realized the real money is in teaching and writing. Sometimes he writes about music. He doesn't play music about writing, though. That would be boring.
His work has appeared in Smokelong Quarterly, Monkeybicycle, LitroNY, Drunk Monkeys, and other fine publications. His writing has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. He is 1/3 of the podcast book.record.beer, a podcast of writer-musicians who talk art and cut a track.
Playing in Those People helps quell the loudness left over from writing.
Photo Credit Ellie Miller ©2017