Photo by Carol Wightman, Key West, Florida
Joe Pintauro, playwright, poet, novelist.
His plays are:
| Snow Orchid | Men’s Lives |
| Raft of The Medusa | Heaven and Earth |
| Metropolitan Operas (27 short plays) | The Dead Boy |
| Beside Herself | Wild Blue |
| By the Sea | Salvation |
Poetry: Several volumes, Harper Row.
Novels: State of Grace and Cold Hands, Simon and Schuster, the latter, selected by the NY TIMES as one of the best novels of the year.
Pintauro was recipient of the 2001 chair in Theatre, at Saint Marys, Notre Dame.