Joseph Sgammato
Joseph Sgammato teaches English and Film at SUNY/Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York. He has written for Sight and Sound, The Wordsworth Circle, The College Language Association Journal, Senses of Cinema, and other publications. He is a contributor to The Book of Firsts (Anchor Books, 2016); The Encyclopedia of Racism in American Films (Rowman and Littlefield, 2018); and The 100 Greatest Literary Detectives (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018).
He lives with his wife in Norwalk, Connecticut.
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