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Toms River, The United States

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Kathy Curto teaches at Sarah Lawrence College/The Writing Institute and Montclair State University as well as several nonprofit organizations and writing centers in the metropolitan area. She is the author of Not for Nothing-Glimpses into a Jersey Girlhood. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, on NPR, and in the anthologies And There Were Red Geraniums Everywhere (released in both Italian and English) and Listen to Your Mother: What She Said Then, What We’re Saying Now. She has also published widely in a variety of literary journals and magazines. Kathy’s piece, “Still Cooking Side by Side” considered a “Modern Love in miniature” by The New York Times, was included in The Best of Tiny Love Stories in August 2021. She is co-fou ...more

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	Listen to Your Mother: What She Said Then, What We're Saying Now by Ann Imig (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lea Grover (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Lisa Allen (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not for Nothing: Glimpses into a Jersey Girlhood 4.36 avg rating — 64 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Are You Waiting For?: An Anthology 4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	650 \| What We Ate: True Stories of Love, Loss, and Lupini Beans by Edward McCann (Goodreads Author), Margarita Meyendorff (Goodreads Author), Kathy Curto (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not for Nothing: Glimpses into a Jersey Girlhood it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dig If You Will the Picture: Writers Reflect on Prince by Sheila Squillante (Goodreads Author) (Editor & Contributor), E. Kristin Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), William Bradley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	650 \| Love and Marriage: True Stories of Dating, Dancing, and Daring by Edward McCann (Goodreads Author), Margarita Meyendorff (Goodreads Author), Joseph Burgo it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And there were red geraniums everywhere: Women's voices of the Italian diaspora in North America by Annie Rachele Lanzillotto (Goodreads Author), Michela Valmori (editor), Valentina Di Cesare (editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	AND THERE WERE RED GERANIUMS EVERYWHERE: Women’s voices of the Italian diaspora in North America by Valentina Di Cesare, Emanuele Pettener (preface), Ilaria Serra (preface) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thoughts of Home: True Stories of Leaving, Longing, and Rediscovery by Edward McCann (Goodreads Author), Judith Linville, Kathy Curto (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women, Revised Edition (Writing American Women)

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Thanks to Maria Lisella's "At the Hour of Now" I am thinking about "our writers' throats" and about who we were, who we are. I am thinking about children. "What about the children?" from Lisella's poem "Hail, Mary", a question that is followed by a r ...more
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Kathy Curto rated a book it was amazing Seeds of the Pomegranate by Suzanne Uttaro Samuels (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Blending history, mythology and stunning storymaking, Suzanne Uttaro Samuels introduces readers to the mesmerizing Mimi, a gifted Sicilian painter who must learn to move through life and time in survival mode, facing tragedies, unexpected transformat ...more
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Kathy Curto rated a book it was amazing widow— widower— widowest— a grief mosaic by Aaron M. Simmons (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Wings that don't get clipped, a gecko tattoo, a haunted house and that person who plays the guitar at parties. And the Peace Corps. It's all here, and more. This collection, Widow-Widower-Widowest: A Grief Mosaic, is a tender, funny and poignant blend ...more
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