Description
The first in our cohort of 2023 Patrons’ Prize Winners, this saga of one family’s journey spans three generations and two nations. “SEEDS” follows Pietro Lunapiena as he grows up on the northwestern coast of Italy, falls in love, and makes his way, alongside his wife and their close friends, to Brooklyn.
Touching on the complexities of living and loving in a new environment and coming to terms with the legacies of harsh parenting, “SEEDS” is a beautiful and nuanced story of family and the ties that bind us.
The Thornwillow Patrons’ Prize
Aimed at catalyzing the careers of talented up-and-coming authors and artists, the Thornwillow Patrons’ Prize is awarded in collaboration with New York Foundation for the Arts, and is supported by our Thornwillow Dispatch subscribers.
This prize celebrates outstanding new authors and artists with publication in fine press, limited editions, and distributes copies of these new publications to editors, critics, reviewers, and other opinion leaders in the literary and art worlds.
Thank you to every Dispatch subscriber who has made this project possible. When you subscribe to the Thornwillow Dispatch you are not only adding a beautiful volume to your shelves, but are also supporting our mission of perpetuating the arts and crafts of the written word. We are incredibly excited to be able to support the careers of such talented artists through the Thornwillow Patrons’ Prize.









