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In “Brother One” Franco expresses the distance felt between him and his younger brother, Tom, due to their different lifestyles. He is the author of two works of fiction, Palo Alto and Actors Anonymous, and two books that collage memoir, snapshots, poems, and artwork, A California Childhood and Hollywood Dreaming. While some critics dismiss Franco’s work as pretentious ramblings, others applaud his openness and humorous insight similar to that of Holden Caulfield in TheCatcher in the Rye.Franco recently “came out” with a chapbook of his recent poems entitled Straight James / Gay James.

His poetry, in particular, is attracting polarizing reviews in recent years. James Franco writes about life as an actor, sexuality, questions of identity, gender, family, Gucci, Lana Del Rey, James Dean, and Hollywood. He approaches this personal and heavy topic with comical honesty.

The first poem, “Dumbo,” takes the reader to Franco’s lonely childhood.

He has received MFAs in fiction from Brooklyn College and Columbia, an MFA in film from New York University, an MFA in art from Rhode Island School of Design, and an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College.

Franco's film appearances include Milk, Pineapple Express, This is the End, Spring Breakers, Oz, and 127 Hours, which earned him an Academy Award nomination.

In “Mask,” Franco addresses his Hollywood persona: “white, young, lusty, symmetrical, dark-browned.” With this mask comes money and fame, but Franco hints at a secret evil concealed from the public under his mask. His writing has also been published in Esquire, the Huffington Post, McSweeney’s, N+1, Vanity Fair, The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

Franco has also adapted to film the novels As I Lay Dying, and Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, Child of God by Cormac McCarthy, In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck, The Long Home by William Gay, and Zeroville by Steve Erickson.

He lives in New York and Los Angeles.