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Elizabeth Macaluso's first volume of poetry, The Lighthouse, engages with the Italian American experience; it also explores gender, sexuality, and what it means to be a woman from Long Island. Macaluso captures the experiences of ethnic American women in this lyrical collection. She meditates on history, memory, war, and faith, all subjects germane to contemporary American and global cultures.

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Dr. Elizabeth D. Macaluso taught British literature and rhetoric and composition at Binghamton University where she received her doctoral degree. She currently works at Queensborough Community College (CUNY), where she teaches and tutors writing to undergraduate and graduate students. Liz had published her poetry in VIA, Arba Sicula, The Paterson Literary Review, and The San Diego Poetry Annual. Also, her critical book Gender, The New Woman, and the Monster is in the final stages of production and printing. Liz has earned the Alfred Bendixen Award for Distinguished Teaching by a Graduate Student in English and the Graduate Student Excellence Award in Teaching as a result of her mentorship of Binghamton University undergraduates. Liz also has received numerous awards and opportunities to present her work at national and international conferences. She is always attuned to the academic job market and currently lives with her family in Northport, NY.

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