The Following Excerpts Will Be Provided as PDFs

  1. Pietro di Donato “Christ in Concrete” (1937, short story)

  2. Don DeLillo “Take the A Train” (1962, short story)

  3. Mario Puzo The Fortunate Pilgrim (1965, novel)

  4. Mary Jo Salter “Dead Letters” (1989, poetry)

  5. Steve Galluccio Mambo Italiano (2004, play)

  6. Igiaba Scego “Sausages” (trans. 2005)

  7. Robert and Shannon Tinnell Feast of the Seven Fishes (2005, graphic novel)

  8. Kym Ragusa The Skin Between Us: A Memoir of Race, Beauty, and Belonging (2006, memoir)

  9. Peter Covino The Right Place to Jump (2012, poetry)

  10. Liana Cusmano (Luca/BiCurious George) I See You (2019, poetry)

  11. Nicole Santalucia The Book of Dirt (2020, poetry)