SHORT STORIES, ARTICLES
& BOOK REVIEWS
by Mark Spano
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:
• Ovunque Siamo – New Italian-American Writing:
• Niveous, page 25:
• Chaleur Magazine:
• Long Island Literary Journal:
• 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)
We The Italians:
- Art & Heritage article: “Neither the Northeast nor the North End”
BOOK REVIEWS by Mark Spano
(beginning with most recent)
Leap of Faith, A Memoir by Emanuele George Scalco
Cucina Tipica: An Italian Journey and Cucina Romana: Another Italian Adventure by Andrew Cotto
The Paletti Notebook: Darren Priest Mysteries Book 3 by Dick Rosano (scroll to the end of the page)
Revolutionary Letters: 50th Anniversary Edition by Diane De Prima
Polermo, City of Kings: The Heart of Sicily by Jeremy Dummett
That Undeniable Longing: My Road to and from the Priesthood by Mark Tedesco
Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disaster by Karen Tintori
Ghosts of the Belle Epoche: The History of the Grand Hotel et des Palmes, Palermo by Andrew and Suzanne Edwards
She Seduced Me by Mark Tedesco
The Invention of Sicily: A Mediterranean History by Jamie Mackay
Count Four by Keith Kopka
Freud’s Haberdashery Habit & other stories by Mike Fiorito
Understanding Italian Opera by Tim Carter
Towers of Aging by Joseph A. Amato
Lampedusa by Steven Price
The Color Inside a Melon by John Domini. Plus: Mark interviews the author.
My Three Sicilies: Stories, Poems, and Histories by Joseph A. Amato
The King of Love and Other Fairy Tales – a selection of Giuseppe Pitre’s Sicilian collected fairy tales
Birds of Sicily – Poems by Michelle Reale
The Hunger Saint by Olivia Kate Cerrone
Italy to the North End: Photographs, 1972–1982 by Anthony V. Riccio
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