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Reports & Studies

Biliography on Italian American Literature & Culture

Compiled by Fred L. Gardaphé, Professor of English at SUNY, Stony Brook, N.Y.

Selected Poetry

  • Ciardi, John. Homeward to America. New York: Holt, 1940.
    • As If: Poems New and Selected. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1958.
    • The Achievement of John Ciardi: A Comprehensive Selection of His Poems. Ed. Miller
      Williams. Chicago: Scott Foresman, 1969.
    • For Instance. NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1979.
    • Selected Poems. Fayettville: U. of Arkansas P., 1984.
    • The Birds of Pompeii. Fayettville: U. of Arkansas P., 1985.
  • Citino, David. Last Rites and Other Poems. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University Press, 1980.
    • The Appassionata Doctrines. Cleveland State Poetry Center, 1985.
    • The Gift of Fire. Fayettville: University of Arkansas Press, 1986.
  • Clements, Arthur L. Common Blessings. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Lincoln Spring Press, 1987.
  • Corso, Gregory. The Vestal Lady on Brattle and Other Poems. Cambridge, MA: Richard Brukenfeld, 1955.
    • Selected Poems. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1962.
  • D'Alfonso, Antonio. The Other Shore. Montreal: Guernica Editions, 1988.
    • Panick Love, Montreal: Guernica Editions, 1992.
  • di Prima, Diane. This Kind of Bird Flies Backward. New York: Totem Press, 1958.
    • Selected Poems. Plainfield, VT: North Atlantic Books, 1975.
    • Pieces of a Song. Selected Poems. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1990.
  • Ferrini, Vincent. No Smoke. Portland, ME: Falmouth Publishing House, 1941.
    • Injunction. Lynn, MA: Sand Piper Press, 1943.
    • Know Fish. Stoors, CT: University of Connecticut Press, 1980.
  • Gilbert, Sandra M. In the Fourth World: Poems. Birmingham: University of Alabama Press, 1978.
    • Emily's Bread: Poems. New York: W. W. Norton, 1984.
  • Gillan, Maria Mazziotti. Flowers from the Tree of Night. Midland Park, NJ: Chantry Press, 1982.
    • Winter Light. Midland Park, NJ: Chantry Press, 1985.
    • The Weather of Old Seasons. Merrick, NY: Cross-Cultural Communications, 1989.
    • Taking Back My Name. San Francisco: malafemmina press, 1991.
    • Where I Come From. Toronto & New York: Guernica Editions, 1995.
  • Gioia, Dana. Daily Horoscope. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1986.
  • Gioseffi, Daniela. Eggs in the Lake. Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, 1979.
    • Word Wounds and Waterflowers. West Lafayette, IN: Bordighera, Inc. 1995.
  • Giovannitti, Arturo. The Collected Poems of Arturo Giovannitti. New York: Arno Press, 1975.
  • Malanga, Gerard. 22. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1974.
    • Incantations. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1974.
    • Devotions. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1976.
    • Ten Years After. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1977.
    • Equal Time. Binghamton, NY: Bellevue Press, 1979.
  • Mariani, Paul. Timing Devices: Poems. Boston: David R. Godine, 1979.
    • Crossing Cocytus and Other Poems. New York: Grove Press, 1982.
    • Prime Mover. New York: Grove Press, 1985.
  • Parini, Jay. Anthracite Country. New York: Random House, 1982.
    • Town Life: Poems. New York: Henry Holt, 1988.
  • Rago, Henry. A Sky of Late Summer. New York: Macmillan, 1963.
  • Raptosh, Diane. Just West of Now. Montreal: Guernica Editions, 1993.
  • Romano, Rose. Vendetta. San Francisco: Malafemmina press, 1992
    • The Wop Factor. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Lincoln Springs Press, 1994.
  • Scalapino, Leslie. Considering How Exaggerated Music Is. San Francisco: North Point, 1982.
  • Sorrentino, Gilbert. Selected Poems: Nineteen Fifty-Eight to Nineteen Eighty. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1981.
  • Stefanile, Felix. A Fig Tree in America. New Rochelle, NY: Elizabeth Press, 1970.
    • East River Nocturne. New Rochelle, NY: Elizabeth Press, 1976.
    • In That Far Country. W. Lafayette, Ind.: Sparrow Press, 1982.
  • Tagliabue, John. Poems. New York: Harper, 1959.
    • The Great Day. Plainfield, IN: Alembic Press, 1984.
  • Turco, Lewis. First Poems. Francestown, NH: Golden Quill Press, 1960.
    • Pocoangelini. Northampton, MA: Despa Press, 1971.
    • The Shifting Web: New and Selected Poems 1957-1989. Fayettville, AR: University of Arkansas Press, 1989.
  • Tusiani, Joseph. Rind and All: Fifty Poems. New York: The Monastine Press, 1962.
    • The Fifth Season: Poems. New York: Obolensky, 1964.
    • Gente Mia and Other Poems. Stone Park, IL: Italian Cultural Center, 1978.
  • Viscusi, Robert. An Oration Upon the Most Recent Death of Christopher Columbus. W. Lafayette, IN: VIA Folios, 1993.
  • Vitiello, Justin. Vanzetti's Fish Cart. Lewiston, NY: The Mellen Poetry Press, 1991.

Selected Novels

  • Anania, Michael. The Red Menace. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1984.
  • Ardizzone, Tony. Heart of the Order. New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1986.
  • Anania, Michael. The Red Menace. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1984.
  • Arleo, Joseph. The Grand Street Collector. New York: Walker and Co, 1970.
  • Barolini, Helen. Umbertina. New York: Seaview, 1979.
  • Bryant, Dorothy Calvetti. Miss Giardino. Berkeley, CA: Ata Books, 1978.
  • Cavallo, Diana. A Bridge of Leaves. New York: Atheneum, 1961.
  • Cuomo, George. Family Honor. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983.
  • D'Agostino, Guido. Olives on the Apple Tree. New York: Doubleday, 1940.
  • DeCapite, Michael. Maria. New York: The John Day Co, 1943.
  • DeCapite, Raymond. The Coming of Fabrizze. New York: David McKay Co., 1960.
  • DeLillo, Don. Americana. 1971. New York: Penguin, 1989.
  • DeRosa, Tina. Paper Fish. Chicago: The Wine Press, 1980.
  • de Vries, Rachael Guido. Tender Warriors. Ithica, N.Y.: Firebrand, 1989.
  • di Donato, Pietro. Christ in Concrete. 1939. New York: Signet, 1993.
  • Fante, John. Wait Until Spring, Bandini. 1938. Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow, 1983.
  • Ferro, Robert. The Family of Max Desir. New York: NAL-Dutton. 1983.
  • Forgione, Louis. The River Between. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1924.
  • Fumento, Rocco. Devil by the Tail. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954.
  • Gioseffi, Daniela. The Great American Belly Dance. New York: Doubleday, 1977.
  • Hendin, Josephine Gattuso. The Right Thing to Do. Boston: David Godine,1988.
  • LaPolla, Garibaldi M.
    • The Fire in the Flesh. New York: The Vanguard Press, 1931.
    • The Grand Gennaro. New York: The Vanguard Press,1935.
  • LaPuma, Salvatore. A Time for Wedding Cake. New York: W.W. Norton, 1991.
  • Lentricchia, Frank. Johnny Critelli and The Knifemen. New York, Scribners, 1996.
  • Mangione, Jerre
    • Night Search. New York: Crown Publishing Co., Inc.,1965.
    • The Ship and the Flame. New York: A.A. Wyn, Inc.,1948.
  • Marotta, Kenny. A Piece of Earth. New York: William Morrow, 1985.
  • Maso, Carole. Ghost Dance. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986.
  • Mirabelli, Eugene. The World at Noon. Montreal: Guernica, 1994.
  • Monardo, Anna. The Courtyard of Dreams. New York: Doubleday, 1993.
  • Morreale, Ben. Monday Tuesday, Never Come Sunday. Plattsburgh, NY: Tundra Books, 1977.
  • Pagano, Joseph.
    • Golden Wedding. New York: Random House, 1943.
    • Out of Place. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1970.
  • Parini, Jay. The Patch Boys. New York: Holt, 1986.
  • Pola, Antonia. Who Can Buy the Stars. New York: Vantage Press, 1957.
  • Puzo, Mario. The Fortunate Pilgrim. New York: Atheneum, 1964.
  • Rimanelli, Giose. Benedetta in Guysterland. Montreal: Guernica Editions, 1993.
  • Rossi, Agnes. Split Skirt. New York: Random House, 1994.
  • Savarese, Julia. The Weak and the Strong. New York: G.P. Putnam's, 1952.
  • Sorrentino, Gilbert. Aberration of Starlight. 1980. New York: Penguin, 1981.
  • Tomasi, Mari.
    • Deep Grow the Roots. Philadelphia,: J.B. Lippincott, Co., 1940.
    • Like Lesser Gods. 1949. Shelburne, VT: New England Press: 1988.

Selected Autobiographies and Memoirs

  • Barolini, Hellen. Chiaroscuro: Essays of Identity. Madison, Wisconsin. The University of Wisconsin Press, 1997.
  • Covello, Leonard and Guido D'Agostino. The Heart is the Teacher. New York: McGraw Hill, 1958.
  • Cuomo, Mario M. Diaries of Mario M. Cuomo. New York: Random House, 1984.
  • D'Angelo, Pascal. Son of Italy. New York: Macmillan, 1924.
  • DeSalvo, Louise. Vertigo. New York: Dutton, 1996.
  • di Prima, Diane.
    • Memoirs of a Beatnik. 1969. San Francisco: Last Gasp Press, 1988.
    • Recollections of My Life as a Woman. New York: Viking, 1995. Ets, Marie Hall.
    • Rosa: The Life of an Italian Immigrant. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1970.
  • Lentricchia, Frank. The Edge of Night. New York, Random House, 1994.
  • Lloyd, Susan Caperna. No Pictures in My Grave: A Spiritual Journey in Sicily. San Francisco: Mercury House, 1992.
  • Mangione, Jerre.
    • Mount Allegro. 1943. New York: Harper and Row, 1989.
    • A Passion for Sicilians: The World around Danilo Dolci. New Brunswick, N.J. Transaction Books, 1985.
    • Marzani, Carl.The Education of a Reluctant Radical: Growing Up American, Book 2. New York: Topical Books, 1993.
    • The Education of a Reluctant Radical: Roman Childhood, Book 1. New York: Topical Books, 1992.
    • The Education of a Reluctant Radical: Spain, Munich and Dying Empires, Book 3. New York: Topical Books, 1994.
  • Napoli, Joseph. A Dying Cadence: Memories of a Sicilian Childhood. W. Bethesda, MD: Marna Press, 1986.
  • Panunzio, Constantine. The Soul of an Immigrant. New York: Macmillan, 1921.
  • Pellegrini, Angelo. Americans by Choice. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1956.
  • Scammacca, Nat. Bye Bye America: Memories of a Sicilian-American. Cross-Cultural Communications, 1986.
  • Talese, Gay. Unto the Sons. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
  • Tonelli, Bill. The Amazing Story of the Tonelli Family in America. New York: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1994.
  • Torgovnick, Marianna DeMarco. Crossing Ocean Parkway: Readings by an Italian American Daughter. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
  • Valenti, Angelo. Golden Gate. New York: The Viking Press, 1938.
  • Viscusi, Robert. Astoria. Montreal: Guernica, 1994.

Short Fiction Collections

  • Ardizzone, Tony.
    • The Evening News. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1986.
    • Larabi's Ox. Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions, 1992.
    • Taking it Home: Stories from the Neighborhood. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1995.
  • Barolini, Helen. The Dream Book: an Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1997.
  • Bona, Mary Jo. Ed. The Voices We Carry: Recent Italian/American Women's Fiction. Montreal: Guernica Editions, 1994.
  • Bush, Mary. A Place of Light. New York: William Morrow, 1991.
  • Calcagno, Anne. Pray for Yourself. Evanston, IL: Tri-Quarterly Books, 1993.
  • Cuomo, George. Sing Choirs of Angels. Garden City, NY: Doubleday,1969.
  • Fante, John. The Wine of Youth. Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1985.
  • LaPuma, Salvatore. The Boys of Bensonhurst. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1987.
  • Manfredi, Renee. Where Love Leaves Us. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1994.
  • Valerio, Anthony. Valentino and the Great Italians, According to Anthony Valerio. Montreal: Guernica Editions, 1994.
  • Vitiello, Justin. Confessions of A Joe Rock. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Lincoln Springs, 1992.


Italian American Studies

  • de Rosa, Tina. Paper Fish. The Feminist Press, 1996 (reprint).
  • di Donato, Pietro. Christ in Concrete. Signet, New York, N.Y., 1993 (reprint).
  • Gambino, Richard. Blood of My Blood: The Dilemma of the Italian Americans. Guernica, Toronto, Canada, 1996 (reprint).
  • Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas. The Italian American Family Album. Oxford University Press, New York, N.Y., 1994.
  • Images: A Pictorial History of Italian Americans. Center for Migration Studies, New York, N.Y., 1986.
  • Mangione, Jerre and Ben Morreale. La Storia: Five Centuries of the Italian American Experience. Harper Collins Publishers, New York, N.Y., 1993.
  • The Big Book of Italian American Culture. Lawrence DiStasi (Ed.). Sanniti Publications, Berkeley, Calif., 1996.
  • The Italian Americans. Allon Schoener. Macmillian Publishing Company, New York, N.Y., 1987.


Of Special Interest:

  • Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr. The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, N.Y., 1992.

Selected Bibliographic Resources

  • Alfonsi, Ferdinando. Poeti Italo-Americani: Italo-American Poets, a bilingual anthology. Catanzaro, Italy: Antonio Carello Editore, 1985.
  • Barolini, Helen. Ed. The Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women. New York: Schocken, 1985.
  • Gardaphe, Fred L.
    • Dagoes Read: Tradition and the Italian/American Writer. Toronto and New York: Guernica Editions, 1996.
    • The Italian-American Writer: An Essay and Annotated Checklist. Spencertown, NY: Forkroads Press, 1995.
    • Italian Signs, American Streets: The Evolution of Italian/American Narrative. Raleigh Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1996.
  • Green, Rose Basile. The Italian-American Novel. Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Press, 1974.
  • Peragallo, Olga. Italian-American Authors and Their Contribution to American Literature. New York: S.F. Vanni, 1949.
  • Porcari, Serafino. "Italian American Fiction: A Selected Bibliography of Novels, Short Stories and Juvenile Fiction, 1950-1993." Italian Americana. 12.1(Fall/Winter, 1993): 146-173.
  • Tamburri, Anthony J. Paolo Giordano and Fred L. Gardaphe, Eds. From the Margin: Writings in Italian Americana. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 1991.


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