Michelle Reale

Michelle Reale is an associate professor at Arcadia University. She is the author of nine collections of poetry. Her research is focused on autoethnography and ethnography of all aspects of Italian-American life.


Necessity really is the mother of invention. For years I bemoaned the lack of literary venues for Italian-American writers. I strongly identify with my Italian-American heritage and am a writer - a poet specifically - so it naturally followed that I would desire to not only be able to submit to a publication or publications dedicated to IA writi...