Understanding Oneself as Oppresser and Oppressed / Domenica Dileo -- The Moon Only Howls when Hands Leave Lips and Words Spread like Dew to Conspiring Minds / Nzula Angelina Ciatu -- Curaggia, Writing by Women of Italian Descent / Gabriella Micallef -- The Spread of Air Between us / Denise Nico Leto. Meglio Morta che Disonorata / Francesca Schembri. Mother of A Priest / Rosette Capotorto. Vibrations / Giovanna (Janet) Capone. Lucia's Garden / Adriana Suriano. Coupled / Adriana Suriano. Nana's Peaches / Carol Mottola Knox. As if From a Great Distance / Denise Nico Leto. Sunday Lunch / Stefania Vani. Ritornai da Mia Madre / Giovanna Di Lena. I Dream of My Grandmother And Great-Grandmother / Maria Mazziotti Gillan. Summoning Death / Francesca Gesualdi. Cara Mamma, I Write You This Letter That I Cannot Send / Gabriella Micallef. Bottled Roses / Darlene Madott -- Just Two Dagos Getting Some Gelati / Rose Palazzolo. On Naming / Edvige Giunta. Sicilia terra-cuore / Nzula Angelina Ciatu. Grade One and the Four Basic Food Groups / Anna Nobile. Una Lettera Alla Mia Cugina Americana / Michelle Alfano. Munda the Italian Witch / K. Freeperson. Italiana Lady / Laura D'Alessandro. Excerpt from Return to Sicily / Anna Maria Carlevaris. Untitled / Nzula Angelina Ciatu. The Sign of the Cross / Daniela Gioseffi. The Oven / Rosette Capotorto. Plucking / Mary Russo Demetrick. no earrings for tina / Maria Lisella. Hyphenated Identities / Francesca Schembri -- DIMI, When are the Lesbians Coming for Coffee? / Laura. Leaving Home: Reflections of a Catholic Lesbian / Francesca di Cuore. The Love Desserts / Ann M. Pardo. Bachelor / Laura Scaccia Beagle. Untitled / Nzula Angelina Ciatu. Dago Dyke / Giovanna (Janet) Capone. Dancing the Tarantella / Francesca Roccaforte. Touch / Francesca Roccaforte. Wet / Francesca Roccaforte. Self-portrait / Francesca Roccaforte. Last night I was visited by the ancestors / Giovanna (Janet) Capone. Syllables, Symbols, and Rhythm / Laura Scaccia Beagle. La Nipota Diversa / Deb LeRose. La, Are You a Lesbian? / Laura -- What if Someone Found Out We Wash Dandelions, Cook them in Olive Oil and Garlic, Eat Them with Thick Crusty Bread? / Mary Russo Demetrick. The First Italian / Rose Palazzolo. Food, Religion, Death and the Family / Francesca Maniaci. The Discourse of un' Propria Paparone / Joanna Clapps Herman. Bargaining / Vita Oriando Sinopoli. A Day Like Any Other / Rita DeBellis. Comare Rosa / Maria Fama. Dandelion / Mary Russo Demetrick. The Origins of Milk / Daniela Gioseffi. Inheritances / Kathryn Nocerino. Florence, 1975 / Claudia Giordano. In Which Music is a Dominant Factor / Michelle Alfano. The Second Aria / Michelle Alfano.