Name Louise DeSalvo | Role Writer | |
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Books Writing as a Way of Healing, Virginia Woolf, Crazy in the kitchen, Vertigo, The Art of Slow Writing: R Similar People Carol Ascher, Sara Ruddick, Vita Sackville‑West, Virginia Woolf |
The art of memoir elizabeth nunez and louise desalvo
Louise A. DeSalvo (born 1942) is an American writer, editor, professor, and lecturer who currently lives in New Jersey. Much of her work focuses on Italian-American culture, though she is also a renowned Virginia Woolf scholar.
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- The art of memoir elizabeth nunez and louise desalvo
- Louise A DeSalvo at Personal Effects book event Calandra Institute NYC
- Life
- Major works
- Awards
- References

DeSalvo teaches memoir writing as a part of CUNY Hunter College's MFA Program in Creative Writing, has published over 17 books, and is a Virginia Woolf scholar. She has edited editions of Woolf's first novel Melymbrosia, as well as The Letters of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf, which documents the controversial lesbian affair between these two novelists. In addition, she has written two books on Woolf, Virginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work and Virginia Woolf's First Voyage: A Novel in the Making. DeSalvo's publications also include the memoir, Vertigo, which received the Gay Talese award and was also a finalist for Italy's Primo Acerbi prize for literature. Vertigo holds as one of the most widely taught Italian American books and has been said to influence almost every Italian American memoir written since. DeSalvo's memoir, Crazy in the Kitchen: Food, Feuds, and Forgiveness in an Italian American Family, was also named a Booksense Book of the Year for 2004. One of DeSalvo's most popular books to date is the writer's guide Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives.

Louise A DeSalvo at Personal Effects book event, Calandra Institute, NYC
Life
DeSalvo and her husband raised their children in Teaneck, New Jersey before moving to Montclair to be closer to their grandchildren.
Major works


Was reprinted by The Feminist Press and translated into Italian by Nutrimenti.