Songs for Billy
November 25th, 2025 | by Joanna Clapps Herman
All could have gone awry. Now miraculously here
About Joanna Clapps Herman
Joanna Clapps Herman
Joanna Clapps Herman 52 pieces published since 2020 include poems, short stories, micro fiction, essays. Book length publications include: When I am Italian: Quando sono italiana, No Longer and Not Yet and The Anarchist Bastard: Growing Up Italian in America and edited two anthologies: Wild Dreams and Our Roots Are Deep with Passion. Find her at joannaclappsherman.com
Author Archives: Joanna Clapps Herman
Joanna Clapps Herman’s NOA SONGS
December 11th, 2020 | by Joanna Clapps Herman
This creatura, miracoluccia, piccinina, thislittle, especially against my chest, arms splayed, loosened to comfort, in surrender.
Joanna Clapps Herman on WHAT WE REMEMBER
October 10th, 2016 | by Joanna Clapps Herman
My father is slamming the door between the kitchen and the garage so hard it bounces. Then, the car door