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My two Italian husbands

My two Italian husbands

Citta della Pieve, Umbria. “Call me.  I can do any­thing for you.  AN-knee-theeng.” This strange man had just thrust his card in front of my face, so close that even with my read­ing glasses on, I had not a prayer of read­ing it.  He had fol­lowed me through the piazza on my way to buy­ing sfuso wine, ask­ing me if I worked here, and seemed delighted to hear my Amer­i­can Itang­lish.  I was brush­ing him off as…

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Inherited voice:
Our inherited voice is handed down with the family furniture.
— Jill Hackett, Women, Voice, & Writing