Jim CocolaJim Cocola is an associate professor in the Department of Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is the author of Places in the Making: A Cultural Geography of American Poetry (University of Iowa Press, 2016). A pastchair of the Modern Language Association's Forum on Italian American Language, Literature, and Culture, he has published related work in journals including Italian Americana, Studies in American Jewish Literature, and VIA: Voices in Italian Americana. Read More Read Less