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March 21, 2022I love reading about writers’ inspirations. When asked about mine, I dredged up memories I thought had disappeared forever.…
September 3, 2021When Éditions Anne Carrière and their fantastic translator, Marie de Prémonville, approached me and wanted to translate Italian Love Cake into…
August 7, 2021I T A L I A N L O V E C A K E SUMMARY As…
February 20, 2021Naples’ old town is cut in two by the famous Naples’ Spaccanapoli, or Splitter — SEE Elena Ferrante’s…
April 7, 2020Writers Have the Best Shoes … I once went to hear Mary Karr interviewed by Calvin Trillin at the…
December 9, 2018I’M THINKING ABOUT WALT WHITMAN! His drama. His emotion. His love of nature, of men and women, and honesty…boy…
December 9, 2015A collection of my memoir vignettes, Growing Up Italian in the New Jersey Pine Barrens ~ now available in paper…
October 9, 2015That jolt of recognition! Whether through a nice sentence or a photograph, you are transported by a sudden, ineffable feeling that can…
March 23, 2015Inspiration & Writing