Italy in Mind: An Anthology

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Alice Leccese Powers
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Apr 29, 1997 - Travel - 368 pages
Comprised of short stories, novel excerpts, essays, poetry journals and letters, this work will delight anyone who loves Italy or great travel writing. Pieces include Barbara Grizzuti Harrison marveling at baroque Sicilian confections, Mary McCarthy celebrating Venice's threadbare dignity, and Henry James's Isabel Archer succumbing to the treacherous antiquities of Florence.

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About the author (1997)

Alice Leccese Powers is the editor of the anthologies Italy in Mind and Ireland in Mind and the co-editor of The Brooklyn Reader: Thirty Writers Celebrate America’s Favorite Borough. A freelance writer and editor, she has been published in the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, Newsday, and many other newspapers and magazines. Powers teaches writing at the Corcoran School of Art and Georgetown University. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and three daughters.

Bibliographic information

TitleItaly in Mind: An Anthology
Vintage Departures
EditorAlice Leccese Powers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1997
ISBN0679770232, 9780679770237
Length368 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Literary Collections / European / Italian
Travel / Essays & Travelogues
Travel / Europe / Italy
  
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