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    Series series Frammenti di memoria
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  • Vertigo

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  • Talking to the Girls

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    Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture

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  • Personal Effects

    Essays on Memoir, Teaching, and Culture in the Work of Louise DeSalvo

    Series series Critical Studies in Italian America
    Celebrating one of the most important Italian American female authors of our time, Personal Effects offers a lucid view of Louise DeSalvo as a writer who has produced a vast and provocative body of memoir writing, a scholar who has enriched our understanding of Virginia Woolf, and a teacher who has transformed countless lives. More than an anthology, Personal Effects represents an author case ... Leer más

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  • Embroidered Stories

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