“Bronx Italian is a dynamic, engaging and at times humorous poetic investigation of identities as poet, mother, family member, life survivor. It is a wonderful contribution to the richness of Italian American literature.”

— Graziella Parati
“Maria Terrone’s scrupulously crafted, suavely cadenced poems record telling details of the quotidian world with such vividness that after a while we begin to hear ‘the rush’ of the ‘hidden/city’ of the heart, ‘its roar and raging heat, the wild/dark needed to become human.’ The Bodies We Were Loaned is a triumph of meticulous sorrow.”

— Sandra M. Gilbert