The Milk of Almonds: Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture.(Book Review)

From: MELUS | Date: September 22, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Ed. Louise Desalvo and Edvige Giunta. New York: Feminist, 2002. 346 pages. $26.95 cloth.

Anthologies are themselves a kind of literary criticism, a selection of work that shows the editor's taste and thought process. The task of an anthologist is to consider not only what gets included, but also what gets omitted. It is not just a question of which author to include but which work of that author. Further, having more than one editor means the collection is a combined perception, the result of two minds at work. Readers of The Milk of Almonds will find the mix within sometimes ...

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