"What a pleasure it is to read these unadorned yet   carefully observed poems by Matthew Cariello.  TALK  wages a lyrical   conversation with the self, the everyday, and the natural world where hard-won   realizations are in perfect balance with a nature that becomes primal because   it is so effortlessly welcomed. There are no easy epiphanies, or grandiose posturing   here, instead we gain insight from an integrated narrative impulse that subtly engages   and delights. The birch tree, the fig trees, pigeons, and swallows, a walk to a   delicatessen, trips to an old bookstore, and even an otherworldly shovel emerge   as emblems without sacrificing their utility and order in the poet's refined imaginary."

-Distinguished judge Peter Covino

Submissions for the 2019 Prize are now open!

The Lauria/Frasca Poetry Prize was conceived to promote the literature of the Italian diaspora and is open to poets of Italian descent writing poetry in English. The winning poet will be awarded $1000 and Bordighera Press will publish the manuscript, along with a standard royalty contract. Two runner-up manuscripts will receive standard royalty contracts.

For more information and guidelines, visit Submittable!

Italian Kisses

by Rita Esposito Watson

ISBN 978-1-59954-132-7

VIA Folios 136

$12.00

Publication Date: February 2019

Season of Subtraction

by Michelle Reale

ISBN 978-1-59954-136-5

VIA Folios 138

Publication Date: March 2019

Wild Fennel

by Marisa Frasca

ISBN 978-1-59954-140-2

VIA Folios 137

Publication Date: April 2019

Cesare Pavese's Long Journey

by Giose Rimanelli

ISBN 978-1-59954-133-4

Saggistica 27

Publication Date: Spring/Summer 2019