Paola Corso
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OTHER WORKS
Anthologies
Embroidered Stories: Interpreting Women’s Domestic Needlework from
the Italian Diaspora
edited by Edvige Giunta and Joseph Sciorra, forthcoming.
New Hungers for Old: One-Hundred Years of Italian-American Poetry
edited by Dennis Barone
Teaching Italian American Literature, Film, and Popular Culture
edited by Edvige Giunta and Kathleen Zamboni McCormick
Sweet Lemons 2: International Writings with a Sicilian Accent
edited by Venera Fazio and Delia De Santis
Tell: An Anthology of Expository Narrative
edited by Molly Gaudry
Wild Dreams: The Best of Italian Americana
edited by Carol Bonomo Albright and Joanna Clapps Herman
Fire and Ink: An Anthology of Social Action Writing
edited by Frances Payne Adler, Debra Busman, and Diana Garcia
Lavanderia: A Mixed Load of Women, Wash, and Word
edited by Donna J. Watson, Michelle Sierra & Lucia Gbaya Kanga
Foods of Affection
edited by Carol Bonomo Albright and Christine Palamidessi Moore
Days I Moved Through Ordinary Sounds: The Teachers of Writerscorps in
Poetry and Prose
edited by Chad Sweeney and Parthenon West
The Best Travel Writing of 2006
edited by James O'Reilly, Larry Habegger, and Sean O'Reilly
Chance of a Ghost
edited by Gloria Vando and Philip Miller
Sudden Stories
edited by Dinty W. Moore
O Taste and See: Food Poems
edited by David Lee Garrison and Terry Hermsen
30 Days in Italy
edited by James O'Reilly, Larry Habegger, and Sean O'Reilly
Not Black and White: Inside Words from the Bronx WritersCorps
edited by Mary Hebert
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Columns
"Coke, Clairton, and Cancer: A Three Decade Push for Reforms"
by Paola Corso (Western Pennsylvania History, Winter 2007/2008)
"From Pittsburgh to New York (But Never Really Leaving)"
by Paola Corso (Western Pennsylvania History, Spring 2004)
"Metered meditation: A writer takes poetic license with her prayer life"
by Paola Corso (U.S. Catholic Magazine, April 2005)
Featured Poet: Paola Corso (Italian Americana, Winter 2004)
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For Writers
“Put Objects to Work in Your Fiction” by Paola Corso
Something as simple as a quilt or an accordian can mean much more than just
itself, opening a window onto theme, character, setting, tone and more (The
Writer, September 2012)
"What really happened" by Paola Corso
Despite her fictional license, a writer wrestles with the truth of how her great-
grandparents were really killed. (The Writer, April 2011)
“From Without and From Within“ by Paola Corso
Glimmer Train Bulletin No. 45, October 2010
"Is a University Press Right for You?" by Paola Corso
An author compares its approach to that of the big commercial houses and finds
some advantages worth considering. (The Writer, November 2009)
"Falling into Place" by Paola Corso
Arrange your poetry with a purpose to shape your collection into a cohesive,
lyrical manuscript. (Writer's Digest, April 2006)
"Piece by Piece" by Paola Corso
Followthese steps to assemble a short-story collection that readers won't be able
to put down. (Writer's Digest, June 2006)
"The art of integrating theme and story" by Paola Corso
Let ideas and attitudes emerge naturally from your fictional elements. (The
Writer, August 2006)
"On Writing Against Ethnic Stereotypes" by Paola Corso
(TheWriter, November 2008)
"Bridging the gap between magic and realism: How a writer made her
leaps seem natural" by Paola Corso
(The Writer, December 2006)
For more info and handouts from her Publishing Success and Gotta Have Story
workshops, contact the author by email.