![]() ![]() Repetto uses contemporary American idiom with a skill that approximates Dante’s with the Tuscan dialect. This collection of poems manifests a genuine sensibility interacting with a striking poetic gift. At the same time, she is able to root her poems in the world of lower Manhattan where she grew up and still lives. Honest and clear, this brave poet knows how to make the world spin. Vittoria repetto is an energetic and passionate voice in Italian American poetry. Rigoberto Gonzalez – Lambda Book Report – Fall 2006 “Poems of intense sensibility and gorgeous imagery are a rarity these days but this book of verse by a distinctly working class, distinctly lesbian, and distinctly Italian American voice is a must for all readers of good poetry.” I found her candor refreshing and stripped of anxiety.”Ĭhuck Forester – Lambda Book Report Winter 2007 Growing up in an age when all things sexual were disguised in metaphor, or never mentioned. For her sex is freedom to indulge her desire it is not possessive but an exchange of pleasure. She tunes in to people who ride in her cab she loves the city and the love of women. ![]() ![]() This is also a woman of courage as she negotiates the complexities of a multicultural existence. She revels in her lust without avoiding her history. “My joy in reading these poems was Repetto’s rebel energy. Poetry that eroticizes simple household chores & casts a direct and witty eye on life’s complexity ![]()
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