Helen Barolini

Helen Barolini is the author of seven books, including Chiaroscuro: Essays of Identity , also published by the University of Wisconsin Press. She has received an American Book Award for The Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women , and her essay "How I Learned to Speak Italian" was selected for The Best American Essays, 1998 .

Helen Barolini is the author of seven books, including Chiaroscuro: Essays of Identity , also published by the University of Wisconsin Press. She has received an American Book Award for The Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women , and her essay "How I Learned to Speak Italian" was selected for The Best American Essays, 1998 . See less