Fiction. Italian American Studies. Ever wonder about the step-by-step of the lives of forebearers in homelands lost, left & returned to? About what life was really like in all fullness & detail, real & frail, on both ends? Wish for unforced narrative in explosive situations, redolent of family, betrayal and murder? Imagine instead of a bridge across the ocean, separating life there and life here, a tunnel connecting great characters & ideas, all of a piece & seamless? Panella beams us in.--Anthony Valerio
About the AuthorPanella, Vincent: - Vincent Panella is the author of the memoir,
The Other Side, Growing up Italian in America. His novel,
Cutter's Island, about an incident in the early life of Julius Caesar, received a ForeWord award, and was called by author Steven Pressfield, . . . a perfect flawless gem. He is a Pushcart nominee in short fiction, and
Primo Magazine said of his story collection,
Lost Hearts, that it . . .calls to be included in every Italian-American's library. Vincent is a graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop and the former Writing Specialist at Vermont Law School. He grew up in Queens and lives in Marlboro, Vermont with his wife, Susan Sichel.