'It has been forever since a novel moved so much in me.' ✨🪶 Read EcoGather's review of THE SKY WAS OURS by Joe Fassler ecogather.sterlingcollege.edu/blog/floored-b…

Don't miss Lindsey J. Smith's article on DeSmog journalist Joe Fassler's new novel!

“The Sky Was Ours” reckons with escape, the false promise of technofixes, and the desire for a better world.

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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 Joe Fassler 🔗

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I had the pleasure of talking to Joe Fassler about his novel 'The Sky Was Ours' for @desmog. Read our convo then grab a copy so you can devour this fantastic story that Leslie Jamison called 'beautifully written and boldly imagined.' Couldn't agree more! desmog.com/2024/04/26/the…

Can confirm — work Reading Den into your book tour and Denver will show up for you!

“Maybe the thirst for flight itself became a kind of madness, the kind of desire that makes risk beside the point.” Joe Fassler on a brief history of failed attempts at human flight.
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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 Literary Hub:

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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.

Electric Literature let me write about some of my favorites:

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✨🪶 THE SKY WAS OURS by Joe Fassler is on sale TODAY! 🪶✨

Start reading the book Leslie Jamison calls 'an immersive fever dream of a novel, beautifully written and boldly imagined' now 👉 bit.ly/4cPNgpf

An excerpt in Electric Literature 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 a STARRED REVIEW ALA_Booklist calls THE SKY WAS OURS by Joe Fassler 'intriguing... beautifully written.' 🪶⭐

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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 Joe Fassler, Caitlin (Katie) Barasch, Patricia McCrystal, and
Ahja Fox read their best writing!

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Anticipation is building for Joe Fassler'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

On sale April 23, THE SKY WAS OURS by Joe Fassler 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

We're back with RD3!

Join us on April 24th at 7pm as Joe Fassler, Caitlin (Katie) Barasch, Patricia McCrystal, and Ahja Fox come together to read their work at Fort Green Bar!

It's free, but RSVPing is strongly encouraged!

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I had a great experience in Joe Fassler’s Food and Environmental Writing course and as a Diverse Voices fellow. Happy to chat with anyone interested

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