by Gail Reitano | Dec 13, 2024 | Highlights, Writer's Blog
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... 
by Gail Reitano | Mar 26, 2023 | Highlights, Writer's Blog
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... 
by Gail Reitano | Sep 3, 2021 | Highlights, Writer's Blog
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 
by Gail Reitano | May 20, 2014 | Highlights, Writer's Blog
How could we have been embarrassed to call ourselves Italian? Could this be why? No one sings Rossini like Cecelia… ... 
by Gail Reitano | Apr 8, 2014 | Highlights, Writer's Blog
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”...
