Writers
- Ken Auletta, writer/journalist and media critic for The New Yorker
- David Baldacci (1960–), best selling novelist; a distant cousin of John Baldacci, former governor of Maine
- Andrew Berardini, art critic and fiction writer
- Greg Berlanti, television writer and producer
- Giannina Braschi, poet and novelist
- Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998), Author and motivational speaker
- Duane Capizzi, screenwriter
- Lorenzo Carcaterra, novelist and screenwriter
- John Ciardi, poet and etymologist
- Angelo F. Coniglio, civil engineer, genealogist and author
- Gregory Corso, poet
- John Corvino, philosopher
- Lorenzo Da Ponte, poet,writer,librettist
- William L. DeAndrea, mystery writer
- Keith R. A. DeCandido
- Don DeLillo (1936–), author
- Guy Anthony De Marco, author
- Tomie dePaola, author
- Pietro Di Donato, writer
- Rich DiSilvio, writer, author of The Winds of Time
- John Fante, novelist and screenwriter
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, essayist and painter
- David Franzoni, screenwriter of Gladiator and King Arthur.
- John Fusco, novelist (Paradise Salvage) and screenwriter of Young Guns, Hidalgo, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.
- Paul Gallico (Italian father)
- Daniela Gioseffi poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, performer, social justice activist
- Arturo Giovannitti poet, political activist
- Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934–2002), writer
- Evan Hunter aka Ed MacBain born Salvatore Lombino
- Philip Lamantia
- Teresa de Lauretis
- Luis Marden, born Annibale Luis Paragallo, writer for National Geographic
- Fulvio Melia, author of several popular science books, including The Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy
- Charles Messina, writer/director of the play Mercury: The Afterlife and Times of a Rock God, the film Merging, and co-author the book My Father, My Don
- Diana Ossana, Academy Award-winning screenwriter
- Camille Paglia, post-feminist literary and cultural critic
- Christopher Paolini
- Michael Parenti
- P.M. Pasinetti, novelist, playwright, journalist, professor
- Mario Pei
- Joseph D. Pistone
- Diane di Prima, poet of the Beat generation
- Mario Puzo (1920–1999), The Godfather author
- Terry Rossio, screenwriter
- Shane Salerno, screenwriter
- R.A. Salvatore (born 1959), born Robert Anthony Salvatore science fiction and fantasy author, best known for his Forgotten Realms and Star Wars novels
- Leslie Scalapino, poet
- Piero Scaruffi, poet, historian, scientist
- Dom (Domenico) Serafini, T.V. trade magazine editor
- Michelangelo Signorile, journalist, columnist, talk radio host and gay activist
- Gay Talese
- Tom Verducci, sportswriter
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