Italy in Mind: An Anthology

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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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Alice Leccese Powers is the editor of the anthologiesItaly in MindandIreland in Mindand the co-editor ofThe Brooklyn Reader: Thirty Writers Celebrate Americas Favorite Borough.A freelance writer and editor, she has been published inthe 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.