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Italian American Writers on New Jersey Sweet Lemons: Writings with a Sicilian Accent Buttaci Included In NJ AnthologyRutgers University Press in November will release Italian American Writers on New Jersey: An Anthology of Poetry and Prose, edited by Jennifer Gillan, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, and Edvige Giunta. The book is divided into four parts: “Looking Back,” “Blending In,” “Crossing Bridges,” and “Changing Directions.” Among the many writers featured are Gay Talese, Diane di Prima, Maria Laurino, Pietro di Donato, Salvatore Amico M. Buttaci, the editors, and a delightful host of others.
LINCOLN TUNNEL Jersey Bound is Buttaci's contribution to this anthology.
It is the definitive book of the New Jersey Italian experience that readers have been anxiously awaiting.
The authors tell their stories straight from the heart. We read how their fathers and mothers and grandparents lovingly raised them with pride in the same family values which they had brought with them from Italy.
Each selection is a reaffirmation that Italian Americans have much to be proud of, despite the tireless efforts of the media machine to churn out that same old nonsense about “gangsters, bimbos, and foul-mouthed goombahs.” Here is a book every Italian American should own. According to the editors: “It features writers who are natives or residents of New Jersey or whose writings focus on Italian American life and the distinctive culture of the Garden State, which has long been home to a large and vital Italian American community.” -- Salvatore Amico M. Buttaci [Gillan, Jennifer, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, and Edvige Giunta, eds. Italian American Writers on New Jersey. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2003] Sal's Favorite LinksNew Jersey Poetry Society Inc. Anthony Buccino's Rambling RoundPatricia Wellingham-Jones, Poet & PublisherPoetryMagazine.com |
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