Works by
Michael Carosone
(Writer)

Essays

• "Double Marginality" (2009)
  Appears in Strangers to these Shores (Ninth Edition) (2009) by Vincent N. Parrillo.

• "A Personal Paradox: My Life as an Italian American Gay Man; Or, The Identity Crises of Ethnic Queers/Queer Ethnics" (2008)
  Appears in White Crane, Summer 2008 (For an excerpt of the essay, please click here.

• "Acceptance or Rejection: The Uncertainty and Insecurity of Homosexual Italian Americans" (2007)
  At the Fifth Italo-American Conference in May 2007.

• "Disgracing the Family?: The History/Non-History of Gay Italian Americans" (2008)
  At the 40th Annual Conference of the American Italian Historical Association held in Denver, Colorado on November 02, 2008.

Non-fiction

• The Lives of Gay Italian American Men (2010 release) with Joseph LoGiudice
  A collection of essays written by Gay Italian American men on their experiences with this dual identity.  Some of the key themes being discussed, include father-son conflicts, intimate relationship issues, struggles with discrimination, stigma, marginal status, identity issues, Roman Catholism, familial issues, masculinity, and queer depictions of Gay Italian American men in the media.

Poetry

• "Back," "Gay 101," "My Laundromat," and "Wedding" (2009)
  Appear in Gay City: Volume 2 (June 15, 2009), Vincent Kovar, ed.

• "A Harmful Yet Funny and Somewhat Honestly Truthful Stereotype" (2008)
  Appears in Avanti Popolo: Italian-American Writers Sail Beyond Columbus (2008), Italian-American Political Solidarity Club, ed.

• "Voice" (2008)
  Appears in Gay City: Volume One (2008), Vincent Kovar, ed.