Founded by Fred Gardaphé, Paolo Giordano, and Anthony Julian Tamburri in 1989, Bordighera Press is a nonprofit publisher specializing in the latest research and critical works; new voices in poetry and prose; and reprinting significant contributions in the fields of migration, Italian diasporas, and Italian Americana.
Founders
Fred L. Gardaphé is Distinguished Professor of English and Italian American Studies at Queens College, CUNY and at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute. He is also Associate Editor of Fra Noi and editor of the Series in Italian American Culture at SUNY Press.
Paolo A. Giordano is Neil R. Euliano Professor Emeritus of Italian and Italian American Studies and former Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Central Florida.
Anthony Julian Tamburri is Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (Queens College, CUNY) and Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures. He is past president of both the American Association of Teachers of Italian and the Italian American Studies Association.
VIA:Voices in Italian Americana
| Managing Editor | Nicholas Grosso |
| Poetry Editor | Maria Lisella |
| Reviews Editor | Joey Nicoletti |
| Associate Editor | Meghan Flaherty |
Publishing with Bordighera Press
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- All submissions are processed and considered via Submittable.
- All manuscript pages must be numbered.
- Manuscripts should include a brief description of the work (up to 300 words) and a brief biography of the contributor (up to 100 words).
- The manuscript should be formatted on standard 8.5 x 11 inch paper, 12 pt Times New Roman, single-spaced (with an exception for poetry manuscripts with spaces between stanzas).
- Poetry manuscripts should have no more than one poem to a page, though a poem may run on to more than one page.
- Submissions should note if any of the manuscript has been previously published. If applicable, please include an acknowledgments page noting where parts of the manuscript have previously appeared.
- Simultaneous submissions are accepted; please notify us immediately should a manuscript be accepted for publication elsewhere.
- No more than 3 manuscript projects may be submitted by a single author at a given time. Any submission exceeding the 3 manuscript limit will be rejected unread.