Joseph Pintauro's literary works as a poet, novelist and playwright are known world wide and critically acclaimed for their passion, honesty, and distinctive artistry. Pintauro's poetry includes To Believe In God, To Believe in Man, and To Believe in Things (with artist Corita Kent), The Rainbow Box, (a collection of four volumes, with artist Norman LaLiberte), and Kites At Empty Airports. His plays include Snow Orchid, Raft of the Medusa, Men's Lives, Beside Herself, Cacciatore, Heaven & Earth, and Metropolitan Operas, a cycle of twenty-six short plays. His novels are Cold Hands and State of Grace. An ordained priest, Pintauro obtained special permission from his bishop while in his 30s to join the secular world and thus began a five-decade career in the literary and visual arts. Pintauro was also an accomplished photographer whose work is held in numerous public and private collections; in 2018 he authored American House: A Photographic Flight Through Time. Pintauro lived and worked in Sag Harbor, New York City, and Key West.
