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Louise DeSalvo
Louise DeSalvo (1942-2018) was the multi-award-winning author of such memoirs as Vertigo, Breathless, and Crazy in the Kitchen: Food, Feuds and Forgiveness in an Italian American F...view moreLouise DeSalvo (1942-2018) was the multi-award-winning author of such memoirs as Vertigo, Breathless, and Crazy in the Kitchen: Food, Feuds and Forgiveness in an Italian American Family. She was also a renowned feminist scholar and essayist who wrote about such literary figures as D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, and Virginia Woolf. Her book Virginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work was named one of the most important books of the twentieth century by the Women’s Review of Books.
A professor of English, Louise taught creative writing and literature at Hunter College where she implemented the school’s MFA in Memoir program, and she wrote several books on creative writing including Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives and The Art of Slow Writing: Reflections on Times, Craft, and Creativity.view less
Books by Louise DeSalvo
The Art of Slow Writing: Reflections on Time, Craft, and Creativity Crazy in the Kitchen: Food, Feuds, and Forgiveness in an Italian American Family Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Vertigo: A Memoir Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5On Moving: A Writer's Meditation on New Houses, Old Haunts, and Finding Home Again Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chasing Ghosts: A Memoir of a Father, Gone to War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe House of Early Sorrows: A Memoir in Essays Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings