Joseph Fasano (born May 17, 1982) is an American poet and novelist. Fasano was raised in

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, where he attended

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. He earned a BA in

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from

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in 2005 and an MFA from

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in 2008. His poem "Mahler in New York" won the 2008

RATTLE Poetry Prize ''Rattle'' is a quarterly poetry magazine founded in 1994, published in Los Angeles in the United States. It publishes poems both by established writers, such as Philip Levine, Jane Hirshfield, Billy Collins, Sharon Olds, Gregory Orr, Patri ...

. He has been a finalist for the

Missouri Review ''The Missouri Review'' is a literary magazine founded in 1978 by the University of Missouri. It publishes fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction quarterly. With its open submission policy, ''The Missouri Review'' receives 12,000 manuscripts ...

Editors' Prize and the

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Poetry Competition, among other honors. He has taught at

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, and

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Boston Review ''Boston Review'' is an American quarterly political and literary magazine. It publishes political, social, and historical analysis, literary and cultural criticism, book reviews, fiction, and poetry, both online and in print. Its signature form ...

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Passages North ''Passages North'' is an American literary magazine published by Northern Michigan University. Essays that have appeared in ''Passages North'' have been recognized in the anthology, ''The Best American Essays'', on numerous occasions.Michigan Jour ...

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'', and other publications. In 2011, Fasano's first book, ''Fugue for Other Hands'', won the Cider Press Review Book Award. It was nominated for the Kate Tufts Poetry Award and the

Poets' Prize The Poets' Prize is awarded annually for the best book of verse published by a living American poet two years prior to the award year. The $3000 annual prize is donated by a committee of about 20 American poets, who each nominate two books and who ...

, "awarded annually for the best book of verse published by a living American poet two years prior to the award." His second collection of poems, ''Inheritance'', was released in May 2014. In 2015, Fasano published ''Vincent,'' a book-length poem based very loosely on the 2008

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by Vince Li on a

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near

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, on the

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. His fourth collection of poems, ''The Crossing'', was released in 2018. Fasano's first novel, ''The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing'', was published in 2020 to critical acclaim. His second novel, ''The Swallows of Lunetto'', became a viral social media sensation during his 2023 European book tour, covered by the ''

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'', and other media. In 2013, the literary magazine ''Polutona'' released a selection of his poems in

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translation.

Selected bibliography

*''The Swallows of Lunetto'' (Maudlin House, 2022) *''The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing'', (Platypus Press, 2020) *''The Crossing'' ( Cider Press Review, 2018) *''Vincent'' (Cider Press Review, 2015) *''Inheritance'' (Cider Press Review, 2014) *''Fugue for Other Hands'' (Cider Press Review, 2013)

References

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