Upwelling: Mario Dell' Olio, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenious

Mario Dell' Olio's award-winning memoir, Letters from Italy, tells his parents' love story across continents and oceans through the letters they wrote to each other. It chronicles the struggles of immigration and finding their place in America. Elizabeth Kirpatrick-Vrenios', Concerto for an Empty Frame explores the pain of maternal loss and the healing she found in her music and poetry.