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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Poet, short story writer and novelist |
| Location | Florida, United States |
| Introduction | I earned a BS from Ithaca College, an MA from Adelphi University and taught Physical Education and coached sports on Long Island before a twenty-year sojourn to Italy. I speak Italian and Spanish. Upon returning to the States, earned an BA in English and an MFA on Creative Writing from FIU. I was an adjunct professor at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, FL for one year. My debut poetry collection, Cooking Lessons, was published in 2007 by Rock Press. A second collection, Coffeehouse Meditations, was published in 2010 by Kitsune Books. My third collection, She Wouldn't Sing at My Wedding, a narrative elegy for my Mom, was published in 2013 by Bridle Path Press. My fourth collection, Faraway Confections is forthcoming from Kelsay Books. A debut short story collection, The Other Side of the Gates, is forthcoming from Bridle Path Press. My poetry chapbook, A Prayer in a Summer of Grace, is forthcoming from flutter Press. I have taught many poetry and fiction writing workshops in libraries and at writing conferences and offer editorial services. Contact me on my website: www.ninaromano.com |
| Interests | Writing, Reseach, Travel, Reading, Movies, Cooking, Antiquing, Art, Editing poetry and ficiton, Writing Group: Screw Iowa! |
| Favorite movies | The Young Philadelphians, Gone With the Wind, The Great Escape, Stalag 17, Moon Struck, Brokeback Mountain, The Young Lions, The Magnificent Seven, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Little Women,Doctor Zhivago, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Legends of the Fall, On the Waterfront, The Godfather, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Rebecca,The Spiral Staircase, Three Coins in the Fountain, Gigi, The Rose Tatoo, The Bicycle Thief, Stromboli, Two Women, The Graduate, Casablanca, Singin' in the Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Flashdance,The Searchers, West Side Story, Splendor in the Grass, Bridge on the River Kwai, High Noon, Pulp Fiction, goodfellas, The Apartment, Sunday in New York, Barefoot in the Park, California Suite, Taxi Driver, Silence of the Lambs, Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, Blood Diamond, The Sand Pebbles |
| Favorite music | Eclectic ... |
| Favorite books | Anna Karenina, Forever, Cold Mountain, The Idiot, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, East of Eden, Gone with the Wind, Doctor Zhivago, to Kill a Moickingbird, All the Pretty Horses, for Whom the Bell Tolls, The Magus, The French Lietenant's Woman, The Prince of Tides, Possession, Smilla's Sense of Snow, The Poisonwood Bible, The Godfather,Deliverance, Lolita, The World According to Garp,Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Sand Pebbles, Mary Queen of Scots, The Leopard |