Joseph Fasano is a poet, novelist, and educator who spent two decades teaching literature before leaving academia to build his own independent academy focused on cultivating full human expression through language. 

In a conversation that felt like channeling the Beatnik days of City Lights bookstore in San Francisco, listen in as two writers compare scars, laugh through heresy, and tell the truth about art, God, and why crafting words is still one of the best forms of resistance.

Joseph grew up in a house that prized silence over feeling. I grew up in a church that worshiped control over wonder. We both turned to language to find oxygen for our souls and meaning for our minds. 

We went everywhere: Rilke, Merton, Thomas Keating, Christ, moral clarity, fatherhood, and the sacred weight of words. We talked about how real faith feels less like belief and more like surrender.

Links:

Joseph’s website

Joseph’s Academy 

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