Fasano is a writer of special, different bravery, and The Swallows of Lunetto is a dream of a book.' -Ilya Kaminsky, author of 'Deaf Republic' and 'Dancing in Odessa' “I am in awe of the great ethereal wisdom that is at the core of this journey. 'As essential as Hannah Arendt in understanding history and the heart.' - Pietro Federico 'This journey through Italy of the 1940s, with its terror of fascism and its historical reckoning, is especially meaningful in this moment, reminding us of our own terrifying, impossible world.

These stories feel like the wild west of fiction, like pure freedom.' -Amina Cain, author of Indelicacy 'Anything can happen in these wild dream-like stories.' -Bud Smith

In that case, Birds Aren’t Real is a masterpiece.' -Danielle Chelosy, author of Cheat 'The stories in Birds Are Real are so exuberant, so chaotic, so full of energy and sentiment and joy and romance and the belief in both themselves and the world around them that anything is possible - they feel a little like you've jumped in the sidecar of Evel Knievel's motorcycle for a journey across the country, around the globe, through the galaxy, while Evel points out all these beautiful moments hidden everywhere you'd never even thought to look.' -Aaron Burch, author of Year of the Buffalo 'Birds Aren't Real is euphoric, ridiculously funny, and so very good. It makes you question reality, as if what changed wasn’t you-it was everything around you. The stories in Birds Aren’t Real are psychedelic fables of tunnels and ghosts, hair and graveyards, but underneath the Danse Macabre is a painful quest for love in a heartbroken world.' -Kevin Maloney, author of The Red-Headed Pilgrim 'A boyfriend once told me the best art leaves you disoriented. Robbins writes like he met the Devil at the crossroads, sold his soul, and dropped acid in the underworld.

Vincent by Joseph Fasano