New Italian Poets
Co-edited with Michael Palma, was published by Story Line Press, 1991. Includes poems by Milo De Angelis, Patrizia Cavalli, Rodolfo Di Biasio, Fabio Doplicher, Luigi Fontanella, Valerio Magrelli, Rossana Ombres, Umberto Piersanti, Paolo Ruffilli, & Maria Luisa Spaziani.
Winner of the 1992 American Literary Translators Association Award for distinguished poetic translation, Publishers Weekly called this bilingual anthology "an important contribution to contemporary Italian poetry in translation. . . What generally characterizes these works are their intellectual commitment and philosophical depth."
"For anyone who wishes to find out, or find out more, about contemporary Italian poetry, this book is an excellent place to start." — Poetry Review (U.K)
"This book is worth its value in good old greenbacks for just Dana Gioia's introduction, let alone for the three hundred pages of contemporary poetry up to now not known in the United States." — Peter Russell, Chronicles
"Quest'opera
antologica rende soprattutto omaggio a una tradizione poetica
che vanta origini illustri, tuttora fiorenti e proiettate verso
nuovi orizzonti." — Massimo Maggiari, Annali d'Italianistica
Read Dana Gioia's essay "What is Italian-American Poetry?"