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Raymond DeCapite

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Raymond DeCapite (1924–2009) was the author of the novels The Coming of Fabrizze, A Lost King, Pat the Lion on the Head, Go Very Highly Trippingly To and Fro, and The Stretch Run. He wrote three plays: Sparky And Company, Things Left Standing, and Where The Trains Go. He was a recipient of the Cleveland Arts Prize, the Ohioana Award, and the Cleveland Critics’ Circle Award.

THE BOILERMAKERS – A never-published short story by Raymond DeCapite, written in the late 1990s.

REVIEWS AND ARTICLES

Raymond DeCapite Profile at Cleveland Arts Prize Site
Dennis Dooley on Ray DeCapite at the Literary Cafe 17 Apr 2010
CLEVELAND March 2010
NORTHERN OHIO LIVE July 2003
PARMA SUN POST 18 Jan 2001
CLEVELAND SCENE 12 Oct 2000
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 27 Mar 2000
KIRKUS REVIEWS 01 Sep 1995
CLEVELAND FREE TIMES July 1996
NORTHERN OHIO LIVE Apr 1984
OHIOANA QUARTERLY – 1980
OHIOANA QUARTERLY – 1962
NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE BOOK REVIEW 31 Dec 1961
NEW YORK TIMES 29 Oct 1961
SATURDAY REVIEW OF LITERATURE 30 Sep 1961
HERALD TRIBUNE DAILY BOOK REVIEW 25 Sep 1961
HERALD TRIBUNE Apr 1961
NEW YORK TIMES 08 Apr 1960

WORKS

The Coming of Fabrizze Raymond DeCapite Book Cover

The Coming of Fabrizze

$19.95
Available from Black Squirrel Books

Also available from Kent State University Press
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A Lost King Raymond DeCapite Book Cover

A Lost King

$19.95
Available from Black Squirrel Books

Also Available at Amazon.com

To Go Very Trippingly To And Fro and The Stretch Run Book Cover Raymond Decapite

Go Very Highly Trippingly To and Fro
and The Stretch Run

$14.95













Pat the Lion on the Head Raymond DeCapite Book Cover

Pat the Lion on the Head

$9.00
Available at Amazon.com

Italian American Reader Book Cover DeCapite

The Italian American Reader

Edited by Bill Tonelli
Available at Amazon.com