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Rosanna Staffa

Rosanna Staffa left Milan, Italy, after college for a short trip to New York State. To her surprise, the U.S. became her permanent home. Her debut novel, The War Ends at Four, will be published in May 2023.

— From December 2022
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories

We Fools

When Nonna Venere visited, she arrived by train like in a movie, stepping down from the first-class compartment enveloped by smoke, wearing a cloche with a veil. She had four large suitcases and no gifts.

December 2022
Fiction

The Disappearance Of Baby Dinosaurs

The light is off in the hallway. It’s been off for a month and the first floor tenant, Mrs. Gaynor, has complained to the landlord. Over and over.

July 1988
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