When the Stars Were Still Visible

by Maria Mazziotti Gillan

In When the Stars Were Still Visible, Maria Mazziotti Gillan gives us the truth, unedited and directly from the heart. This gorgeously elegiac collection creates an arc that articulates her understanding of aging and gaining wisdom. In the central poem, "Claiming My True Name," she finally embraces her Italian roots after confessing her desire to "slide right into the life of America," and realizes with sorrow what denying her "Italian parents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1622889134
• ISBN13: 9781622889136
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Stephen F. Austin University Press
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"