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 3: An Anthology of Short Stories by Italian American Writers:

“Peckerwoods & Altar Boys”

• 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: 

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

• “The Beginning”
•   “Lost in Emigration”
• “My Other Sicilian Family”   

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
9. Understanding Italian Opera by Tim Carter
10. Freud’s Haberdashery Habit & other stories by Mike Fiorito