AND THERE WERE RED GERANIUMS EVERYWHERE ~~ an anthology of Italian American women writers ~~ Published first in Italy and now available in English, And There Were Red Geraniums Everywhere, explores the roots, language, food, travels and stories of sixteen Italian...

On the eve of World War II, in a rural New Jersey town, the indomitable Marie Genovese, a first generation Italian American, mourns her mother, battles a brother flirting with fascism, and demands her sexual freedom and autonomy. Marie forges a daring path as she...

I love reading about writers' inspirations. When asked about mine, I dredged up memories I thought had disappeared forever. https://www.authorsanswer.com/interviews/gail-reitano  

How could we have been embarrassed to call ourselves Italian?             Could this be why?               No one sings Rossini like Cecelia...                ...

 The Harbour      ______ “We had five whole acres, a good part of which was second-growth bush, studded with blueberries, which the little Italian children who were our neighbors picked and sold back to us.”        --from "Blackberry Winter" At my most...