“Sounding Queerness: Dario Bellezza’s Poetics and Queer Activism as Italian American Legacy” in Queer Italian America. In-progress forthcoming 2023. Peer-reviewed.
“Faith and Faithlessness in Thief of Strings: Donald Revell’s Epic Vision” Ed. Derek Pollard, Till One Day the Sun Shall Shine More Brightly, The Poetry and Prose of Donald Revel. Ann Arbor, MI: U of Michigan P. 57–72, 2020. Print. Peer reviewed.
“Getting it Right – Homage for Louise DeSalvo” Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies 5.2 Winter 2019. Online.
“The Poetics of Trauma: Intertextuality, Rhythm, and Concision in Louise DeSalvo’s Vertigoand Writing as A Way of Healing.” Personal Effects: Essays on Memory, Culture, and Women in the Work of Louise DeSalvo.”Ed. Nancy Caronia and Edvige Giunta. New York: Fordham University P. 50-61. 2015. Print
“Richard Blanco: Inaugural Poet: An Appreciation.” Lambda Literary. 9 January 2013. Read the essay here.
“Queering an Italian American Poetic Legacy.” Who’s Yer Daddy: Gay Writers Confront Their Forerunners. U of Wisconsin P., 2012.
“Introduction.” Essays on Italian American Literature and Culture: A Decade and Beyond of Insights and Challenges. Ed. Dennis Barone and Peter Covino. City University of New York, Bordighera P, 2012.
“Close Reading of Diane di Prima’s Poetry in a Global Digital Age” Paterson Literary Review 39 (2010-2011).
“Innovation, Interdisciplinarity, and Cultural Exchange in Italian American Poetry.” Teaching Italian American Literature, Film, and Popular Culture. MLA P. 2010. Buy the book here.
“Palace Station Hotel: New Year.” Italian Americana 20.2 (2009).