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Janet Constantino

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Omaha, Nebraska, The United States

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Janet Constantino makes her literary debut with Becoming Mariella, 2025 winner of the International Impact Book Awards for Women’s Fiction, and a finalist for the Best Book Awards in Women’s Fiction and the 2025 International Book Awards. Janet was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and grew up in San Jose, California, where she earned a BA in Journalism from San Jose State University. She has been a licensed psychotherapist since 1983. In 2015, Janet earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Pacific University. The intersection of connection and independence has always fascinated her, both in her writing and therapy career. In 2021, she won second place in the M.F.K. Fisher Last House writing contest. As a journalist, she wrote articles for California ...more

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My Father, Gaetano Constantino

He was a slender man, not tall, but he had grace and swagger

Gaetano and his young daughter, Janet Constantino.

And he was handsome. My Sicilian father, Gaetano Constantino, whose American name ended up being Tom, even though the English equivalent of Gaetano is usually Guy.

He was born in Nebraska but spent several years of his childhood in Catania, Sicily, with his older brothers, Joe and Sam. They

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Janet Constantino wrote a new blog post My Father, Gaetano Constantino He was a slender man, not tall, but he had grace and swaggerGaetano and his young daughter, Janet Constantino.And he was handsome. My Sicilian father, Read more of this blog post »
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Janet Constantino and 1 other person liked Janet Constantino's blog post: “Becoming Mariella” — Book Review by Story Circle Network’s Her Stories "“Becoming Mariella” — Book Review by Story Circle Network’s Her Stories Reviews & Interviews features reviews of books by, for, and about women published by independent presses and interviews of award-winning women authors. It is one ..." Read more of this blog post »
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Janet Constantino and 1 other person liked Janet Constantino's blog post: Giuseppina’s Chicken "Inspiration for Mamma beheading the chicken in Becoming MariellaPhoto by Karyna Panchenko on UnsplashI didn’t want to meet my grandmother, didn’t want to leave the player piano, nor the enveloping aura of warmth from my older cousin Nancy, who was..." Read more of this blog post »
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