Rita Ciresi

Rita Ciresi (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

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• Blue Italian,. Ecco Press. 1996. ISBN 978-0-88001-515-8.  (paperback by Delacorte Press in 1997)
• Pink Slip. Delacorte. 1999. ISBN 978-0-385-32363-5.  (Delta Trade paperbacks in 2000)
• Remind Me Again Why I Married You. Random House, Inc. 2003. ISBN 978-0-385-33585-0. 
• Mother Rocket: stories. Random House, Inc. 2002. ISBN 978-0-385-33592-8. 
• Sometimes I Dream in Italian. Random House, Inc. 2001. ISBN 978-0-385-33494-5. 

Anthologies

• Mary Ann Vigilante Mannino, Justin Vitiello, eds. (2003). "Toward a New Catholic Novel". Breaking open: reflections on Italian American women's writing. Purdue University Press. ISBN 978-1-55753-243-5. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
• Carol Bonomo Albright, Joanna Clapps Herman, eds. (2008). "Big Heart". Wild Dreams: The Best of Italian Americana. Fordham Univ Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-2910-9. CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link)
• Bill Tonelli, ed. (2003). The Italian American Reader. Morrow. ISBN 978-0-06-000667-9.  (reprint HarperCollins, 2005)
• Regina Barreca, ed. (2002). Don't Tell Mama: The Penguin Book of Italian American Writing. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-200247-6. 
• "Big Heart". The Milk of Almonds. Feminist Press. 2002. ISBN 978-1-55861-453-6. 

References

External links

• "Author's website"