Cinzia Marongiu is a scholar of Italian Literature, with a focus on Diaspora Literature, the Black Mediterranean, Sardinian Literature, and teaching Italian as a second language. She earned her Master’s degree in Italian Literature from Indiana University and later completed her Ph.D. in Italian American Literature from Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz. Currently, she serves as the Coordinator of the Romanic Languages Department at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. She has published articles discussing Kym Ragusa, Igiaba Scego, Italian Literature in Germany, and a didactic book on Grazia Deledda’s Canne al Vento.

• Introduction - 1. Unifying the Halves: Kym Ragusa's Quest for Identity in The Skin Between Us - 2. Symbiosis in the Delta: Italians and African Americanism Sweet Hope by Mary Bucci Bush - 3. Louisa Calio's Journey to the Heart Waters: Creating Transnational Memory Spaces - 4. Conclusion: Between Ethnicities

Cinzia Marongiu is a scholar of Italian Literature, with a focus on Diaspora Literature, the Black Mediterranean, Sardinian Literature, and teaching Italian as a second language. She earned her Master’s degree in Italian Literature from Indiana University and later completed her Ph.D. in Italian American Literature from Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz. Currently, she serves as the Coordinator of the Romanic Languages Department at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. She has published articles discussing Kym Ragusa, Igiaba Scego, Italian Literature in Germany, and a didactic book on Grazia Deledda’s Canne al Vento.

• Introduction - 1. Unifying the Halves: Kym Ragusa's Quest for Identity in The Skin Between Us - 2. Symbiosis in the Delta: Italians and African Americanism Sweet Hope by Mary Bucci Bush - 3. Louisa Calio's Journey to the Heart Waters: Creating Transnational Memory Spaces - 4. Conclusion: Between Ethnicities

Cinzia Marongiu is a scholar of Italian Literature, with a focus on Diaspora Literature, the Black Mediterranean, Sardinian Literature, and teaching Italian as a second language. She earned her Master’s degree in Italian Literature from Indiana University and later completed her Ph.D. in Italian American Literature from Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz. Currently, she serves as the Coordinator of the Romanic Languages Department at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. She has published articles discussing Kym Ragusa, Igiaba Scego, Italian Literature in Germany, and a didactic book on Grazia Deledda’s Canne al Vento.

• Introduction - 1. Unifying the Halves: Kym Ragusa's Quest for Identity in The Skin Between Us - 2. Symbiosis in the Delta: Italians and African Americanism Sweet Hope by Mary Bucci Bush - 3. Louisa Calio's Journey to the Heart Waters: Creating Transnational Memory Spaces - 4. Conclusion: Between Ethnicities