Rita Ciresi

Rita Ciresi was (born in New Haven, Connecticut) is an Italian-American short story writer, and novelist.

Life

She graduated from Pennsylvania State University with an M.F.A. She teaches at the University of South Florida.^[1][2]

Her work appeared in Oregon Review, Prairie Schooner, South Carolina Review.^[3]

Awards

• 2002 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, for Mother Rocket
• 1993 Los Angeles Times' Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction
• 2004 American Academy in Rome visiting writer
• 2005 Hawthornden International Writers’ Retreat fellowship in Lasswade, Scotland

Works

• Blue Italian,. Ecco Press. 1996. ISBN 9780880015158.  (paperback by Delacorte Press in 1997)
• Pink Slip. Delacorte. 1999. ISBN 9780385323635. http://books.google.com/books?id=gdhSfWxhYoYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Rita+inauthor:Ciresi&ei=11P0SrjtB428MLOp9Y8F#v=onepage&q=&f=false.  (Delta Trade paperbacks in 2000)
• Remind Me Again Why I Married You. Random House, Inc.. 2003. ISBN 9780385335850. http://books.google.com/books?id=xgIO7ALSw6cC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Rita+inauthor:Ciresi&ei=11P0SrjtB428MLOp9Y8F#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 

• Mother Rocket: stories. Random House, Inc.. 2002. ISBN 9780385335928. http://books.google.com/books?id=3g5ROySdt5AC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Rita+inauthor:Ciresi&ei=11P0SrjtB428MLOp9Y8F#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• Sometimes I Dream in Italian. Random House, Inc.. 2001. ISBN 9780385334945. http://books.google.com/books?id=8T4uUnwQk4wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Rita+inauthor:Ciresi&ei=11P0SrjtB428MLOp9Y8F#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 

Anthologies

• Mary Ann Vigilante Mannino, Justin Vitiello, ed (2003). "Toward a New Catholic Novel". Breaking open: reflections on Italian American women's writing. Purdue University Press. ISBN 9781557532435. http://books.google.com/books?id=Gxezrkd_JR8C&pg=PA51&dq=Rita+Ciresi&ei=NFb0SvXYAYW2NJeWvKMF#v=onepage&q=Rita%20Ciresi&f=false. 
• Carol Bonomo Albright, Joanna Clapps Herman, ed (2008). "Big Heart". Wild Dreams: The Best of Italian Americana. Fordham Univ Press. ISBN 9780823229109. http://books.google.com/books?id=dCI6PNEYHZEC&pg=PA209&dq=Rita+Ciresi&ei=NFb0SvXYAYW2NJeWvKMF#v=onepage&q=Rita%20Ciresi&f=false. 
• Bill Tonelli, ed (2003). The Italian American Reader. Morrow. ISBN 9780060006679.  (reprint HarperCollins, 2005)
• Regina Barreca, ed (2002). Don't Tell Mama: The Penguin Book of Italian American Writing. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780142002476. 
• "Big Heart". The Milk of Almonds. Feminist Press. 2002. ISBN 9781558614536. http://books.google.com/books?id=4r9CdS8DqTEC&lpg=PP1&dq=The%20Milk%20of%20Almonds&pg=PA112#v=onepage&q=ciresi&f=false. 

References

External links

• "Author's website"