It took me a few days to hear in those lines that I was speaking to him. I didn't have any idea what the project was. Three weeks before Leonardo was born, I found myself compelled to share a few new lines on social media-something I hadn't done before. JF: Like everything I make, the poem for my son developed organically, unexpectedly. When did you first conceive of the idea to begin this project and what do you see as its ultimate aim, for readers, you, and your son? Nevertheless, they form a continuous body of work dedicated to parenthood and your love for your son. The tweets can at times be one line and at other times contain more robust stanzas. I continue to try, in my fiction, to write something that cares about the sentence and the story, something that might find, if only for a moment, that sacred place where the story and the song are the same.ĮR: Your latest project centers on writing a “living poem” for your son, Leonardo, and sections of it are tweeted throughout the day. A writer of novels should never forget that stories should be entertainments, among other things. I think we tell stories for the same reasons ancient humans looked up into the stars and told stories: to find order in our experience, to find the consolations of meaning, and-quite simply-to have fun. My novels seem to come from a place that is different from the sources of my poetry. I would say most of my work is obsessed with the notion of atonement-of trying, in the trial of this life, to create some beauty that might redeem the life, the maker, the rest of what's been made.
Perhaps I still do not understand it, and perhaps I never will.
There came a time in my life, very early, when I felt compelled to let something in me speak, something I didn't understand. Joseph Fasano: The beginning is always a mystery. How did your writing journey begin and what continues to draw you toward creating literature? Your new novel, The Swallows of Lunetto, will be published in November of this year by Maudlin House. You’ve published several highly acclaimed poetry collections ( Fugue for Other Hands, Inheritance, Vincent, and The Crossing) as well as the novel The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing. Before we dive into your project, I’d love to know some more about your path toward becoming a writer.
Esteban Rodriguez: Thank you so much for your time, Joseph.
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