🎙 INTERVIEW: How to Be a Poet in the World w/ Joseph Fasano
** This is a LIVE interview with author Joseph Fasano about the craft of writing and reality of building a writing career. Attendees will be sent a recording after the interview. **
How do we nurture our inner poet? How can we unlock creativity in constraint?
Joseph Fasano is an award-winning poet and novelist whose lyrical storytelling has captivated readers both on the page and across social media, where he’s built a following of over 100,000.
Join us for a conversation with Joseph as we explore how to find the unique language and rhythm in our work, building a meaningful online presence, and why he believes that embracing limits in life (and writing) is key to creative freedom.
We’ll also explore:
The reality of making a living as a creative
His advice for submitting poetry to journals and publishers
The role of silence in his writing
How being a father has changed his relationship with creativity
About Joseph Fasano
Joseph Fasano is a professor and bestselling writer whose poems, novels, and other writings have been translated into more than a dozen languages. His books include The Magic Words: Simple Poetry Prompts That Unlock the Creativity in Everyone, The Last Song of the World, The Swallows of Lunetto, The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing, The Crossing, Vincent, Inheritance, and Fugue for Other Hands.
His literary honors include the Rattle Poetry Prize, the Wordview Prize from the Poetry Archive, and a nomination for the Poets' Prize, "awarded annually for the best book of verse published by a living American poet two years prior to the award year."
Your London Writers' Salon Hosts:
Parul Bavishi and Matt Trinetti are the co-founders of the London Writers' Salon, creators of the webby-nominated Writers' Hour daily writing sessions, and hosts of the London Writers' Salon podcast.
Parul Bavishi has been an editor for over a decade. In addition to running LWS she helps thriller, YA and non-fiction writers level up their craft and get published. She writes and edits for the Story Grid. She has worked as an editor and literary scout at Random House, Quercus & Eccles Fisher. She analyses TV hit shows (Killing Eve, Ozark, Game of Thrones) on the Story Grid Showrunners Podcast.
Matt Trinetti is a writer, publisher, TEDx speaker, and facilitator. In addition to running LWS, Matt designs programs to help unfulfilled professionals pursue creative work, start businesses, and reinvent their careers. Matt's work has appeared in Quartz, Observer, Creative Mornings, and on his blog GiveLiveExplore.
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