Short Works at a Glance

SHORT STORIES, ARTICLES

& BOOK REVIEWS

by Mark Spano

(For future book reviews and other publications, see Upcoming Events.)

FICTION

A Feast of Narrative 2: An Anthology of Short Stories by Italian American Writers:

“The Presence of the Dead”

Twisted Vine Literary Arts Journal, pages 62-64:

“Mardi Gras with Greg”

Ovunque Siamo – New Italian-American Writing:

Veronica’s Veil, part 1

Niveous, page 25:

“Vitia in My Gaze”

Chaleur Magazine:

“Startzmann’s”

Long Island Literary Journal:

1. “Marty’s House”
2. “Falling in Love with Straight Guys”

Ovunque Siamo – New Italian-American Writing

Excerpts from Kidding The Moon

NONFICTION

Times of Sicily: 

1. Three installments from Sicily: Land of Love and Strife, A Filmmakers Journey (formerly The Sicilians)

           “The Beginning”

           “Lost in Emigration”

           “My Other Sicilian Family”

2.  Back to Basics in Basicò

BOOK REVIEWS by Mark Spano

1. Italy to the North End: Photographs, 1972–1982 by Anthony V. Riccio
2. The Hunger Saint by Olivia Kate Cerrone
3. Birds of Sicily – Poems by Michelle Reale
4. The King of Love and Other Fairy Tales – a selection of Giuseppe Pitre’s Sicilian collected fairy tales   
5. My Three Sicilies: Stories, Poems, and Histories by Joseph A. Amato
6. The Color Inside a Melon by John Domini. Plus: Mark interviews the author.
7. Lampedusa by Steven Price
8. Towers of Aging by Joseph A. Amato