American, Italian
First Language(s): Italian
Second Language(s):
English
Edvige Giunta is the author of Writing with an Accent: Contemporary Italian American Women Authors and co-editor of six anthologies, including Talking to the Girls: Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, recipient of the 2023 Susan Koppelman Award for Best Anthology in Feminist Studies and American and Popular Culture. She is Professor of English at New Jersey City University.
What was your favorite book as a child?
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
Do you remember the original reason or motivation why you started writing creatively?
Not so much a reason as an urge — to write down words, lines, images, memories that were coming to me, uninvited and yet welcomed.
What was the most adventurous or thrilling thing you ever did/experienced?
When I was twenty-one, I hitchhiked in Europe with my best friend. It was our last trip together. She died.
Do you listen to music while reading or writing?
Sometimes. When I write about a particular time or place, certain songs can help evoke colors, shapes, emotions with immediacy and freshness. Opera and folk songs work especially well. Music that has no connection with what I am writing can be a distraction.
Flash Nonfiction
Americana
Issue Spring '19
Flash Nonfiction
Otherland
Issue Spring '19
Flash Fiction
My Father at the Border between Hades and La Merica
Issue Fall '24
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