malafemmina press is up and running again

malafemmina press

is up and running again

You’ll never have me like you want me,

a novel by Rose Romano, is back in print,

thanks to the help of Emanuele Paris,

a neighbor who runs a small press of his own:

Edizioni Sette Città (www.settecitta.eu)

When Emilia realizes what Italy means, she decides to keep a journal.

As an Italian-American who lived all her life in Brooklyn, Emilia goes to Italy because she wants to live in the only place in the world where it’s normal to be Italian. She’s completely unprepared. She doesn’t speak Italian well and isn’t familiar with her rights and obligations. Although she has Italian citizenship, she finds it almost impossible to get real help from her psychologist and her social worker.

Her life gets smaller and smaller. Her chances get slimmer and slimmer.

The solution to all her problems appears in an unexpected flash.

Rose Romano is an Italian-American living in Italy for too many years. In the United States, she published a literary journal, la bella figura, and founded malafemmina press, the first to publish only the work of Italian-Americans. Her books of poetry (Vendetta and The wop factor) and her anthology (La bella figura: a choice) are included in the collections of many public and university libraries. Her work has been taught at universities in the United States and Canada. She has organized and participated in poetry readings and book presentations in the United States, Canada, and Italy.

You’ll never have me like you want me

can be ordered from:

www.libreriafernandez.it

info@libreriafernandez.it

tel 0761.304967

fax 0761.303020

via Mazzini, 87

01100 Viterbo (VT)

Italia

(If you’re outside of Italy and learning Italian, this is a great store to get Italian books. They not only have a huge selection of books in Italian, but also some other stuff in English and other languages.)