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""If Billie Travalini's recently published memior, Bloodsisters, tells the reader anything, it's that an emotionally and sexually abused child is as mulitdimensional as one lucky enough to have a relatively happy childhood...Travalini's story flows effortlessly from the mind of an 11-year-old to create an intense and compellingly detailed world studded with childlike games, feelings, relationships with siblings, parents and friends that portray the abuse in a wider; richer context," - Victor Greto, Wilmington News Journal, January 16, 2006.
On the Mason-Dixon Line: An Anthology of Contemporary Delaware Writers
"The rich farrago of prose and poetry by Billie Travalini and Fleda Brown in this collection will belie any self-styled cosmopolite's thinking about 'Delaware.' For most, that small state may mean credit card companies' headquarters, and maybe DuPont. Otherwise, it's just some vague splotch on a map, not quite north and not quite south, as this book's title suggests. But On the Mason-Dixon brings forth such quality and, to use that much ballyhooed word, such 'diversity,' that this dismissive sort of thought (or non-thought, really), ought forever to evaporate."- Sydney Lea, poet, essayist, former editor of The New England Review
Teaching Troubled Youth: A Practical Pedagogical Approach "Billie Travalini has done a remarkable job capturing and sharing the inner thoughts of a population of children often feared, forgotten, and misunderstood. These compelling stories, poems, and works of art serve as a powerful inspiration to educators and clinicians working with this population, as well as to parents and youth struggling in troubling situations. These collected works remind us that although the content of our personal dilemmas may differ, the underlying processes of finding meaning, connecting to others, and achieving peace in our lives offer a common link between readers and young authors. This book offers a message on the human condition that should not be ignored.- Matthew J. Mauriello, Behavior Specialist Consultant, The Institute for Behavior Change
"Wilmington Senior Center: Fifty Years of Community." The heart of the book is Travalini's photographs and stories told to her by center participants...These stories are not all rosy, as several seniors, including Ruth Robinson and Easter McIver discuss the realities of life in Delaware for African Americans during the middle of the 20th century. 'I was in the north now - a young woman in her 20s, alone. And I didn't like what I saw. I especially didn't like that the moving picture houses...didn't let people of color in...it didn't matter if we had money, or we were dressed nice or were extra polite, we couldn't get in. Period,'" Victor Greto, Wilmington News Journal, November 12, 2006.
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