Selected Works

Nonfiction
A look at life in little-known mountain towns of the Sicilian hinterlands.
A true account of the last years of an ancient Sicilian giant bluefin tuna trap.






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Stone Boudoir is now a Kindle-eBook

November 4, 2011

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Just in time for the holidays! Stone Boudoir is now available on Kindle at Amazon.

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Reviews for "The Stone Boudoir"

"A compelling meditation on Sicilian culture." -- Kirkus Reviews

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Natalie Oana Russo needs your prayers

October 8, 2011

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Natalie Oana Russo, of Hawai'i, whom I first met in Mondello in 1985, is recovering in Seattle from a bone marrow transplant performed on 20 September 2011. The transplant was successful but the next 100 days are critical. She has no immune system until her new cells generate healthy new white blood cells. Both her daughters, Jeannin, who just graduated law school, and Brigitte, a freshman at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, are with her in Seattle.
Please see her website at www.curenat.com

Marettimo Excursion

February 24, 2011

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In the summer of 2006, for the 20th anniversary of my first setting foot on Favignana, and of seeing my first mattanza, I brought my sisters and friends to stay at the house I rented at Bue Marino, while I was researching parts of Mattanza. We took a day trip to a sister island, Marettimo.



Moffo and friend

February 24, 2011

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Moffo and friend, Pieta Bassa, Polizzi Generosa
Moffo and friend, Polizzi

Mondello Lifeguards, end of 1986 season.

February 24, 2011

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My buddies the summer of 1986 when I lived in Mondello with Piero. This was the last day of the season, so they posed for me. I was doing a story about them for the monthly paper, Mondello Cultura e Sport, headed up by Michele LoMonaco, my Italian teacher.

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