Bordighera Press

07/01/2019

Italian American Writers Association at NYPL Mulberry Street Library hosted by Christina Bruni featuring Maria Terrone and Maria Giura.

Photos courtesy of Amy Barone.

07/01/2019

From Poets House—

Photo courtesy of Jennifer Martelli Poetry.

07/01/2019

Lucciole in palmo alla notte

Just released, Sara Fruner has a new collection in Italian, "Lucciole in palmo alla notte."

"Le lucciole sono creature della dualità. Fatte di luce, sprofondano nella tenebra."

Learn more here: https://supernovaedizioni.it/catalogo/lucciole-palmo-alla-notte

Le lucciole sono creature della dualità. Fatte di luce, sprofondano nella tenebra. Portano in sé il giorno, ma sono visibili solo di notte, e più il buio è pesto, più vivide spiccano. Sono preziosi correlativi oggettivi dell’uomo, essere fragile, circondato–braccato– esistenzialmente dall...

07/01/2019

Kathy Curto

Hello, Monday. Greetings, July. And thank you USAToday, Gannett
and The Asbury Park Press for offering my book a spot on the Beach Reads 2019 list! Here’s the full article: https://www.lohud.com/story/entertainment/books/2019/06/27/summer-beach-reads-2019/1413852001/

06/28/2019

Kathy Curto

Brooklyn: Oh, what a night!

Thanks to all who came out on Tuesday to support our book gig at BierWax. It was big fun meeting new friends, hanging with humans I adore and reading with Maria Giura, poet and Bordighera Press writer.

The beer and stories flowed free and wild!

@ BierWax

06/27/2019

Kathy Curto

The dedication page players, all together again (finally) under one roof!

BierWax
Joe Curto

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06/24/2019

Kathy Curto

The New York Times calls BierWax a local Brooklyn bar where “warmth can be found” so come on over tomorrow night and let’s get cozy! Happy to be joining Brooklyn-born poet and fellow Bordighera Press author, Maria Giura, for a night of sharing stories, sips of beer and glances at the over 5,000 vinyl records on site. ‘Hope you can make it! (And shout-out to Leland and Jenn for the intro.)

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06/23/2019

Kathy Curto

Thank you Ines Rodrigues, Author for these terrific photos, the chance to meet this great community of readers and to learn about the work of the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor!

Bordighera Press
Franciscan Sisters of the Poor Foundation

#writersofny #literaryfundraising @ New York, New York

06/18/2019

Conversations with Gil Fagiani

Conversations with Gil Fagiani

(It has taken me over a year to write about lessons I learned from my dear friend, Gil Fagiani. Gil died in Spring 2018 and his loss is still felt through all of the communities he was a part of. -…

06/09/2019

Kathy Curto

Home again, home again jiggity jig.
Thanks Maruca's Pizza!

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06/03/2019

Kathy Curto

June is jumpin’☀️
Go to www.kathycurto.com and click on Ferris Wheel for more info.

BierWax

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06/03/2019

Kathy Curto

What joy to receive this photo in an email from reader, Deanna S. who is vacationing on Long Beach Island and took my book along for the ride! (Talk about local vibes: several chapters are set on the Island.)

05/20/2019

Kathy Curto

No shortage of laughs, tears and family stories (drama!) Thanks to the Italian American Writers Association and all participants in yesterday’s NYPL The New York Public Library Mulberry Street reading. Special shout-out to Mike Fiorito for sharing the featured readers stage.

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05/16/2019

"Fruner nails the city with clear, fresh perceptions that work like silk on the page. She owns her words with personality and originality in this high-caliber collection."

AND

"Frasca’s textured verse chronicles the resilience and plights of immigrants with the curative power of poetry."

Grace Cavalieri on "Bitter Bites From Sugar Hills" by Sara Fruner AND "Wild Fennel" by Marisa Frasca-patinella in the May 2019 Examplars for Washington Independent Review of Books.

http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/may-2019-exemplars-poetry-reviews-by-grace-cavalieri …

05/16/2019

Join us on Thursday, June 6 at 6:00pm for “Immigrants in Conversation” as part of Boston Book Festival's LitCrawl, featuring Olivia Kate Cerrone, Jennifer Martelli, and many more!

https://sched.co/PBgT

05/16/2019

Congratulations to Olivia Kate Cerrone, "The Hunger Saint" was just honored as a Finalist in the 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards!

Pick up your copy today from Small Press Distribution: https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781599541068/the-hunger-saint.aspx

05/15/2019

Bordighera Press

Submissions for the Lauria/Frasca Poetry Prize are OPEN!

The winner will receive $1000 and publication.

Two runners-up will also be published.

For more information or to submit today, visit us on Submittable: https://bordigherapress.submittable.com/submit/135544/the-lauria-frasca-poetry-prize-2019

05/10/2019

Thanks Small Press Distribution for featuring "Wild Fennel" by Marisa Frasca on the latest SPD Recommends!

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05/09/2019

Italian American Writers Association

Please join us May 18 if you are in Boston! 189 North Street, I Am Books, 6pm, to hear new work by Marisa Labozzetta and James B. Nicola!

04/30/2019

Submissions for the Lauria/Frasca Poetry Prize are OPEN!

The winner will receive $1000 and publication.

Two runners-up will also be published.

For more information or to submit today, visit us on Submittable: https://bordigherapress.submittable.com/submit/135544/the-lauria-frasca-poetry-prize-2019

04/26/2019

John D Calandra Italian American Institute

Publishers of books by Italian American Studies scholars and Italian American authors are represented at the Institute's two-day conference. Sunypress Bordighera Press Fordham University Press

04/22/2019

The Citron Review

The author of the 2018 essay collection, At Home in the New World (Bordighera Press), is in our Spring Issue. Maria Terrone invites us down the steam pipe and inside the private lives of neighbors.

https://citronreview.com/2019/03/20/the-reluctant-secret-sharer/

#TheCitronReview #Spring2019 #amreading

04/11/2019

April 2019 Exemplars: Poetry Reviews by Grace Cavalieri | Washington Independent Review of Books

April 2019 Exemplars: Poetry Reviews by Grace Cavalieri from Washington Independent Review of Books features "Missing Madonnas" by Gil Fagiani!

"His poems teach us to notice, to look on every chain-link fence for the lock; to value the original language of our families; to remember the mores that raised him. These poems are stories — showing the way Fagiani saw the world: funny, unpredictable, sometimes harsh, and also kind."

http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/april-2019-exemplars-poetry-reviews-by-grace-cavalieri

The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

04/08/2019

On April 23, join Sara Fruner and Madeline Millan for an afternoon of poetry at Fashion Institute of Technology.

04/08/2019

Photos from the 3rd Annual Night of Poetry with VIA and Italian Americana!

04/08/2019

Italian American Poetry

Did you miss our 3rd Annual Night of Poetry featuring poets from VIA and Italian Americana? Or just want to re-live the night? Catch it all here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Lznd_x9UU

Italian American Poetry

04/04/2019

Michelle Messina Reale, Italian-American Poet

There was a period of time, years ago, when I received a lot ot rejections for poems that I wrote that expressed my experience of life, my truth, the lens through which I viewed the world. Many of those rejections contained feedback that said things like "Not quite right for us," or "Not a good fit for our aesthetic." I knew exactly what they all meant when one editor, whose publication I revere to this day, but never managed to get published in said "These are too "accented. You write with an accent. Not good for us , but wishing you luck elsewhere." I printed that rejection out and put it in my writing journal. I was estatic. I knew exactly what I wanted to do and how I wanted to write. We have to be true to our subject matter, we have to heed the call to what is calling to us. Yes, I write with an accent and most of my work will reveal layers of what that really means. Juxtaposing words in Italian with poems written in English exemplifies the two worlds I straddle and try to make sense of. Birds of Sicily and Season of Subraction are the best examples of this. My "accented" writing will not be for everyone, but luckily I have developed my own relationship with my work and it gives me great (accented!) joy.

04/04/2019

New Poetry & Nonfiction Bestsellers #VWPLINK, #permissionReminderContainer, #footerContainer {display:none}

Congratulations to Kathy Curto, Michelle Messina Reale, Italian-American Poet, and all of the other authors and publishers featured on Small Press Distribution's latest bestsellers lists!

04/02/2019

Turning the First 30 Years of “Bordighera Press” Into 30 More Years to Come

“'We want to formally institutionalize [Bordighera Press],' Gardaphé stated. He further explained that this would then allow them 'to find young professionals who are interested in the field [and] who would be happy to take it over.' Tamburri added, 'It will happen to a greater extent when there are more graduate programs in Italian-American studies, from [which] the featured editors and scholars will come.'”

From Emma Bass & La Voce di New York on 30 Years of Bordighera Press.

“The Italian literary establishmenttends to only recognize things within [Italy], and anything else outside of Italy is not really ‘Italian...

04/01/2019

Third Annual Evening of Poetry

Join us Friday at the John D Calandra Italian American Institute for our 3rd annual evening of poetry!

The night will highlight fifteen poets from VIA: Voices in Italian Americana and Italian Americana, featuring Daniela Gioseffi and Judith Vollmer.

To commemorate National Poetry Month, VIA: Voices in Italian Americana, the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, and the journal Italian Americana are hosting their third annual evening of …

03/26/2019

Book Review: At Home in the New World, by Maria Terrone via Litro

"This is a fascinating collection of essays, driven mostly by Terrone’s sense of wonderment and curiosity about the world around her."

—Litro Media on "At Home in the New World" by Maria Terrone. Litro Media

https://www.litro.co.uk/2019/03/book-review-at-home-in-the-new-world-by-maria-terrone/

Get your copy today Small Press Distribution: https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781599541273/at-home-in-the-new-world.aspx

In her collection of essays, At Home in the New World, Maria Terrone explores the world through the lens of an Italian-American New Yorker.

03/18/2019

At The Inkwell

Thank you, At The Inkwell + Kait Burrier, for reviewing "At Home in the New World" by Maria Terrone.

Pick up your copy today: https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781599541273/at-home-in-the-new-world.aspx

“In her debut essay collection, Maria Terrone—a Queens native born to first-generation Italian-American parents—brings to life memories and musings on topics like food, family, fear, and one New Yorker’s journey in the face of them all.

In this collection, she creatively navigates the spaces between her roots and her future, between who she is expected to be and who she discovers she can be.

This collection arrives at precisely a time when America’s interest in immigration is piqued....(it) has the potential to spark conversations on the many ways people find themselves at home in the ever-changing new world that is America.” Kait Burrier reviews Maria Terrone’s At Home in the New World

03/11/2019

Thank you, Lily Poetry Review, for featuring Jennifer Martelli Poetry and reviewing "My Tarantella"!

https://lilypoetryreview.blog/

03/01/2019

Submissions are now open for the 2019 Lauria/Frasca Poetry Prize. The winning manuscript will win $1000 and publication! And this year, two runnerups will also be published.

For more information and guidelines, visit us on Submittable:
https://bordigherapress.submittable.com/submit/135544/the-lauria-frasca-poetry-prize-2019

03/01/2019

Did you hear who won our new poetry prize? Get all the latest in our March newsletter:

https://conta.cc/2TgDK8W

02/14/2019

Make your Valentine's Day complete with "Italian Kisses"!

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1130524694?ean=9781599541327 …

02/08/2019

Thanks, I Am Books, for including "Not for Nothing" by Kathy Curto in your latest newsletter! (And Publishers Weekly for the thoughtful review!)

https://iambooksboston.com

02/04/2019

February Newsletter 2019

Did you catch our February newsletter? We have a new VIA, new & upcoming publications, and lots and lots of events!

https://conta.cc/2D2nCgR

02/04/2019

"[The stories of NOT FOR NOTHING] evoke a childhood full of ripe, nostalgic sensory memories but also the inevitable painful underpinnings of family life. Nothing is sugar-coated"

Alison Rooney on Kathy Curto's memoir in The Highlands Current.

https://highlandscurrent.org/2019/01/27/jersey-girl/

01/25/2019

Kento's #tenyearchallenge!

#tenyearschallenge 10 anni fa usciva il mio primo disco solista, Sacco o Vanzetti. Segna la fine di un periodo di dubbi artistici e personali, ma soprattutto segna un inizio: l'inizio di un viaggio senza fine verso la conoscenza, l'empatia, la rivoluzione. Mentre sono in cammino mi sento di dire soltanto una cosa: credete nell'arte che ci salva la vita, nella musica, nel futuro. "La realtà è sbagliata, i sogni sono reali". E grazie a chi mi è stato sempre accanto, voi sapete chi siete.

01/10/2019

Kathy Curto

Book Party Time!
And sending an ocean of gratitude to The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College for hosting and to Bordighera Press for giving my stories a home.
Please visit www.kathycurto.com for invite link.

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01/07/2019

Congrats to Kathy Curto and all of the other publishers and authors on the Small Press Distribution bestseller list!

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01/07/2019

"Reflections on a life in Queens" in Queens Chronicle.

Read more about Maria Terrone and her essay collection, "At Home in the New World."

http://www.qchron.com/qboro/stories/reflections-on-a-life-in-queens/article_e4bc152a-57ea-53b7-8794-e3679f6bceed.html

12/17/2018

#49 Backstory of the Poem "Anniversary" by Jennifer Martelli

As part of the "Backstory of the Poem" series: a deep dive into the craft and influences of "Anniversary" by Jennifer Martelli.

Chris Rice Cooper [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/car.cooper.7 *The images in this specific piece are granted...

12/17/2018

An Interview with Poet Jennifer Martelli - Solstice Literary Magazine

A Solstice Literary Magazine Interview with Poet Jennifer Martelli.

1. I want to jump right in to a consideration of your latest book, My Tarantella, and the figure at the center of that book, Kitty Genovese. Tell us how you came to write about her. My obsession (and that’s what it became) started with two very self-centered motives. First, Kitty Genovese looked l...