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The collection of women's fiction captures the voice and culture of Italian American ethnicity and the themes that surround it--from mother and daughter relations to common family rituals and celebrations. With a desire to reinvent the meanings associated with ethnicity in order to reestablish ties to the home country of Italy, this compilation presents pieces that allow women to develop new and strong positions within both American and Italia...

Characters tightly clutch their existential problems to their chests and teeter through the unstable, modern world in this collection of short stories. The 12 seemingly disparate stories--such as a young girl suffering from anorexia, the life of a heroin addict, and a farmer obsessed with his female neighbor--are intimately linked through the unique language and societal outlook.

A stunning collection of poems, these works explore moments of empathy in suffering, epiphany in ruin, and grace in surrender. In chronicling a journey from childhood grief through the dark rapture of love and longing, these translucent poems unveil vulnerability, uncertainty, and movement into the half-light of a new beginning.

This is one of Pasolini's least known books, it is one of his most important challenges to himself and to the world. The book pits assumed Western cultural supremacy against the battle for Africa's freedom and self-assertion. The Savage Father offers a deep analysis of the internal struggles between the coloniser and the colonised, as well as showing us the externalised conditioning to which both are prey.

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This is an extraordinary journey through the life of La Divina, an account of Maria Callas' early years. The heart of the book is her unpublished diary which is full of a young woman's dreams. It is complemented by reminiscences of friends who knew her well, and wrote sympathetically about her struggles and triumphs and her absolute dedication to her art. They provide the reader with glimpses of the woman behind the diva, whose essential human...

This is a tough and poignant novel that tells us the uncompromising story of Nora Moratti. This immigrant woman struggles to find freedom and happiness in Canada only to have them snatched away by a series of tragedies. An Italian Hagar Shipley (Margaret Laurance), the aged Nora recalls her like in graphic detail and with no regrets. Ardizzi uses a powerful and poetic language to capture the deepest sentiments of a woman with imagination and c...

Set in Santa Cruz, California, San Remo, Italy, Paris, France, and a fictional town called Pottersville, North Carolina from the 1950s through the 1980s, "Claiming Kin" tells the story of two intertwined families and their battles and conflicts over kinship.

Antonella Anedda (Anedda-Angioy) was born in Rome to a Sardinian family and studied Art History both in Rome and Venice. She has taught at the University of Siena-Arezzo, worked for the journal Il Manifesto, and collaborated on the Berchidda jazz festival. She has also published two books of essays and three collections of translations. Currently, she lives in Rome.

Liz is waiting for her big break in Hollywood, when a different offer comes her way. The wealthy Naomi Baum, a best-selling author, asks Liz to impersonate her on the Ted Hillman Show. The reclusive Naomi cannot bear public appearances but is desperate to make contact with another guest on the show: Miro Bogdan, the son she has abandoned as a baby. On the set, Liz gives a convincing performance as Naomi Baum and attracts the passions meant for...