Maria Mazziotti Gillan: 4 books
What We Pass On
Collected Poems: 1980-2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
In What We Pass On: Collected Poems: 1980-2009, Maria Mazziotti Gillan weaves a tapestry of one woman's life - wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, grand-daughter, Italian American. Reading these poems in one volume makes us acutely aware of how memory is layered, each new poem adding another detail,...
Growing Up Ethnic in America
Contemporary Fiction About Learning to Be American
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1999
Stories navigating the commplicated terrain of race in America, from acclaimed writers like Toni Morrison, E.L. Doctorow, Sandra Cisneros, Sherman Alexie, and Amy Tan
The editors who brought us Unsettling America and Identity Lessons have compiled a short-story anthology that focuses on themes...
by Maria Mazziotti Gillan
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Constructed in the form of a memoir, these poems take on an emotional tone as the author details the story of her life. The collection is populated by her memories of childhood, courtships and marriage, family illness, children, and grandchildren. At its core is a woman struggling to deal with all...
by Maria Mazziotti Gillan
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
Written to read like a memoir, this collection of poetry details the life of a family across generations and provides a moving and haunting portrait of the Italian mother who is the center around which this family revolves. But this is much more than a story about ethnicity; it transcends any single...