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Writing With An Accent: Contemporary Italian American Women Authors

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Edvige Giunta writes eloquently of the nuances of ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality as it pertains to Italian American women writers. She has excavated the rich mother lode of an important cultural literary tradition that has too long been overlooked and undervalued. The literary "accent" that Giunta so keenly identifies lies in being "other", outside the mainstream, accepted elite, white male literary point-of-view. The candance of Italian American women's writing is deep and resonant and as diverse as the women who put pen to paper. It echoes our relationships to time, place, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation--and gives voice to our multi-varied identities. Giunta's book sheds light on an important literary lineage, identifying both established and emerging Italian American women writers. Her contribution to the Italian American literary criticism is invaulable and long overdue. Giunta's prose is as compelling as her thesis. This book speaks to scholars, writers, and readers of all backgrounds. Read it!

I have had the pleasure of having Ms. Edvige Giunta as a professor and a mentor in my life. It was an experience that I hold and will always hold close to my heart. She had always been so supportive of my work and others' work that it filled me with immense joy when I heard that she published her own book. She is a brilliant writer and is quite eloquent and evocative when it comes to knitting two different cultures together, through the magic of her words and the gift of her heart. Read her book- I recommend it, a hundred times for eternal life and I guarantee that her vision will change your life...