Carol Bonomo Albright (born 1938) is an American author, editor, and educator in

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studies. She has published many books and articles on the subject and taught classes at the

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and the

Harvard University Extension School Harvard Extension School (HES) is the continuing education School of Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1910, it is one of the oldest liberal arts and continu ...

. She was editor-in-chief of ''

Italian Americana ''Italian Americana'' is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering studies on the Italian-American experience. It publishes history, fiction, memoirs, poetry, and reviews. The editor-in-chief is Alan J. Gravano ( Rocky Mountain Universit ...

'', a peer-reviewed cultural/historical journal, for over 25 years.

Life

Carol Bonomo Albright was born in

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, New York, in 1938. She attended St. Joseph Academy. Her parents were immigrants from the

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region of

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. She earned an M.A. from Brown University and received grants from the Danforth Foundation of Higher Education and the National Science Foundation for Medical Education. Albright's essays, reviews, and other writings have appeared in many journals, such as '' PMLA'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and the ''Journal of American Ethnic Studies''; in anthologies, such as ''Our Roots Are Deep With Passion:

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Collects New Essays by Italian-American Writers'' (2015), ''Voices of the Daughters'' (1989), and

Helen Barolini Helen Frances Barolini ( Mollica; November 18, 1925 – March 29, 2023) was an American writer, editor, and translator. As a second-generation Italian American, Barolini often wrote on issues of Italian-American identity.How to count American imm ...

's ''The Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women'' (1985); and in other books, such as ''The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia'' (2003) and ''Social Pluralism and Literary History: The Literature of the Italian Emigration'' (1996). In 2004, she co-edited an annotated edition of two novels by Joseph Rocchietti, one of which, ''Lorenzo and Oonalaska'' (1835), is the earliest known novel by an Italian-American. She also published a memoir in 2009. Albright was editor-in-chief of ''

'' from 1989 to 2015, and served two terms as vice president of the American Italian Historical Association.

Works

Author: * ''My Greenwich Village and the Italian American Community'' (2009) * With

Ned Balbo Ned Balbo (born November 19, 1959, Mineola, New York) is an American poet, translator, and essayist. Life Ned Balbo grew up on Long Island, New York. He was raised by Betty and Carmine Balbo, his birth mother's half-sister and her husband. His ...

and

Edvige Giunta Edvige Giunta (born 1959) is a Sicilian-American writer, educator, and literary critic. Biography She was born in Gela, Sicily, in 1959, the second of four children of Vincenzo and Cettina Giunta, both schoolteachers. After earning a degree in f ...

, ''Padri : tre memoir italo americani'' (2009) * ''Italian Immigrants Go West: The Impact of Locale on Ethnicity'' (2003) * ''Italian American Autobiographies'' (1993) Editor: * ''American Woman, Italian Style: Italian Americana's Best Writings on Women'' (2011) * ''Wild Dreams: The Best of Italian Americana'' (2008) * ''Republican Ideals in the Selected Literary Works of Italian-American Joseph Rocchietti, 1835/1845'' (2004)

References

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