Program director, Johns Hopkins MA in Science Writing. Author of The Sky Was Ours + Light the Dark @penguinbooks
Denver, CO
Joined October 2010
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Some news that's been forever in the making: I wrote a novel!
It's called THE SKY WAS OURS. It's coming from @PenguinBooks next spring (4/23/24). This is the cover, which I'm sharing today for the first time. And it's available for pre-order now:
penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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When @joefassler’s wife was struck by mysterious, debilitating symptoms, the couple rushed to the ER—where their experience revealed an inequity in how women’s pain is treated, Fassler wrote in 2015. theatln.tc/XocC1PCi
Years ago, Wendell Berry turned down my request for an interview in @TheAtlantic.
But in the process, he taught me something about how to endure our terrifying moment:
“Maybe we could give up saving the world and start to live savingly in it.”
theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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Wendell Berry, a writer and farmer, died this week at age 92. @JoeFassler writes about the simple, clarifying idea that informed his life: theatlantic.com/culture/2026…
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On Thursday, October 10th at 6pm, join @EvanFriss in Harrisburg for a discussion + signing on his new book, The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore. Friss will be in conversation w/ @joefassler.
This event is free + open to the public. Details: hbgbookfest.com/the-bookshop
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What are the 6 billionaire fortunes bankrolling Project 2025?
Find out in the new article from @joefassler 🔗
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“When someone is putting forward a utopian vision, maybe the first question one should ask is, what does it leave out?” —Joe Fassler
@joefassler's debut novel tells an Icarian tale that confronts technology, economics, and climate through human flight.
bombmagazine.org/articles/jo…
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"It has been forever since a novel moved so much in me." ✨🪶 Read EcoGather's review of THE SKY WAS OURS by @joefassler ecogather.sterlingcollege.ed…
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Don't miss @lindsjean's article on DeSmog journalist @joefassler's new novel!
“The Sky Was Ours” reckons with escape, the false promise of technofixes, and the desire for a better world.
loom.ly/6d43U8o
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A new report is 'ringing the alarm bell’ for climate advocacy conflict of interest.
Learn more in the latest article from @joefassler 🔗
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I had the pleasure of talking to @joefassler about his novel "The Sky Was Ours" for @desmog. Read our convo then grab a copy so you can devour this fantastic story that @lsjamison called "beautifully written and boldly imagined." Couldn't agree more! desmog.com/2024/04/26/the-sk…
Can confirm — work @reading__den into your book tour and Denver will show up for you!
Writers come to Denver and read at @reading__den! We’re averaging 50 audience members per event.
Publicists… I know budgets are a thing but I promise we’ll make it worth it. Boulder Bookstore are SELLING. They come with stacks and leave with less.
LFGGGGGG
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“Maybe the thirst for flight itself became a kind of madness, the kind of desire that makes risk beside the point.” @joefassler on a brief history of failed attempts at human flight.
lithub.com/crash-again-crash…
Research for The Sky Was Ours led me to the obscure history of human attempts at birdlike flight, a lost era of daring, incredibly dangerous experiments.
It's a saga strewn with broken necks — and tantalizing possibilities.
For @lithub:
lithub.com/crash-again-crash…
The Sky Is Ours is out today!
As I wrote I spent so much time thinking about other novels and stories that examine technology—brave, new, world-changing inventions—as their central subject.
@ElectricLit let me write about some of my favorites:
electricliterature.com/7-boo…
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✨🪶 THE SKY WAS OURS by @joefassler is on sale TODAY! 🪶✨
Start reading the book @lsjamison calls "an immersive fever dream of a novel, beautifully written and boldly imagined" now 👉 bit.ly/4cPNgpf
An excerpt in @ElectricLit today—in love w/ Kyle McCarthy's gorgeous intro:
"Part of the pleasure of this novel is the sharp contrast between the ethereal and the gross bodily reality of living: the sharp smells of unwashed bodies and dried blood, and then the dream of flight."
In this week’s Recommended Reading, Kyle McCarthy recommends an excerpt from “The Sky Was Ours” by Joe Fassler (@joefassler), in which a young woman encounters a man who believes he’s on the brink of achieving body-powered human flight. buff.ly/49Jg2Fh
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In a STARRED REVIEW @ALA_Booklist calls THE SKY WAS OURS by @joefassler "intriguing... beautifully written." 🪶⭐
Preorder now before it goes on sale next week 👉 bit.ly/4cPNgpf
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We're 10 days away from the next Reading Den!
Join us on April 24th at 7pm at Fort Greene Bar to see @joefassler, @CaitlinBarasch, @pattymccrystal, and
@aefoxx read their best writing!
readingden.co/2024/04/02/apr…
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Anticipation is building for @joefassler's "humane, cinematic, and unstinting in wonder" (@hermionehoby) novel THE SKY WAS OURS, on sale April 23! 🪶✨
Inspired by the myth of Daedalus and Icarus, learn more and preorder now 👉 bit.ly/4cPNgpf
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On sale April 23, THE SKY WAS OURS by @joefassler is "bittersweet, life-affirming, and unforgettable.” (Kyle McCarthy) 🪶
Learn more about this brilliant modern reimagining of the myth of Daedalus and Icarus and preorder now 👉 bit.ly/4cPNgpf