Chiaroscuro: Essays of Identity.

From: The Women's Review of Books | Date: November 1, 1997| Author: Signorelli-Pappas, Rita | Copyright information

Helen Barolini is a writer and editor who has been exploring Italian American themes in both fiction and nonfiction for the past two decades. Her essays on Italian American culture in Chiaroscuro weave themselves into a moving memoir, the unforgettable account of how a woman of ethnic origin finds her way into a life of intellect and art.

Reading Barolini's chronicle was a particularly powerful experience for me because, like her, I am an Italian American who has done a long...

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