Description
Poetry. Italian & Italian American Studies. "THE GOOD FOR THE GOOD weaves wit and warmth into poems inspired by Italian and Sicilian sayings embraced by her family through generations."—Amy Barone
Author Bio
Maria Famà is the author of seven books of poetry. Her work appears in numerous publications and anthologies. In 2018, she was the Second Prize Winner in the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards. Of Sicilian descent, Famà has read her poetry in many cities across the United States and recorded her poems for CD compilations of music and poetry. She appears reading her poetry in the films Prisoners Among Us, Pipes of Peace, and La Mia Strada. Her most recent books are THE GOOD FOR THE GOOD (Bordighera Press, 2019), Other Nations: an animal journal, published in 2017 by Pearlsong Press and MYSTICS IN THE FAMILY (Bordighera Press, 2013).
Author City: PHILADELPHIA, PA USA