Luigi Fontanella lives in New York and Florence, Italy. A professor of Italian Literature, he has been the chair of the Department of European Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Stony Brook University. He has published collections of poetry, essays, and stories. Among the most recent titles are Pasolini rilegge Pasolini (Archinto, 2005, translated into several languages); L'angelo della neve. Poesie di viaggio (Mondadori, Almanacco dello Specchio, 2009); Bertgang (Moretti & Vitali 2012, winner of the Premio I Murazzi); Migrating Words: Italian Writers in the United States (Bordighera Press, 2012); Disunita ombra (Archinto, 2013, winner of the Premio Nazionale Frascati); L'adolescenza e la note (Passigli, 2015, Pref. by Paolo Lagazzi, Pascoli Prize, Viareggio-Giuria, Prize); La morte rosa (Stampa, 2015, Pref. by Maurizio Cucchi); Monte Stella (Passigli, 2020); Raccontare la poesia 1970-2020. Saggi, ricordi, testimonianze critiche (Moretti & Vitali, 2021); Tre passi nel desiderio. Tre Atti Unici (Neos, 2021).