Anthony Valerio

Welcome

Anthony Valerio is an author, editor and teacher. His books include The Mediterranean Runs Through Brooklyn, Valentino and the Great Italians, Lefty and Her Gangsters, The Little Sailor, BART: A Life of A. Bartlett Giamatti, Anita Garibaldi: a Biography, and Toni Cade Bambara's One Sicilian Night. His stories have appeared in the Paris Review and his work has been anthologized by The Viking Press and Random House. Mr. Valerio has taught at New York University, The City University of New York and Wesleyan University. He is a member of PEN and The Authors Guild.



"He's just crazy enough-He knows his people-He knows his craft-He gets in, tells his story and gets out-It's what good writing should be."

--Shel Silverstein

"Anthony Valerio's fiction bears likeness to our best dreams when the fantastical elements of the subconscious play themselves out in a vivid replica of reality."

--The Baltimore Sun

Selected Works

Memoir
Toni Cade Bambara's One Sicilian Night
"The substance of this memoir is what makes us human when we come home from struggling in the world." --Afaa Michael Weaver
Memoir/Fiction
The Little Sailor
"The Little Sailor is a literary gem from one of our foremost writers. Anthony Valerio's evocative prose woos the characters onto the page and into the hearts of its readers. His charming, eccentric, deeply moving women emerge from a world of distant memories with extraordinary force and passion–sensual, enticing, unforgettable–and the reader is mesmerized."
–Edvige Giunta
Biography
BART: A Life of A. Bartlett Giamatti
"A Wonderful Read."
–Larry King, Newsday
Fiction
Lefty and Her Gangsters
"Subsequent artistic attempts at humanizing the don include Analyze This and The Sopranos. Both of these productions feature don characters in therapy. Valerio's use of the therapy device, though, is unique and visionary. It not only predates these films, but also shows the don in control, as therapist, not patient. This configuration emphasizes the power of Italian culture to nurture individual identity. Johnny, the don, serves as cultural nursemaid to the reborn Italian-American, Nicholas."
–George Guida, Melus

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Little Sailor Audiobook Promo
Promo Video by Jack Lawlor for The Little Sailor Audiobook, a best-selling twin CD, written and read by noted author Anthony Valerio. Part Memoir, Part Detective Thriller.