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A Feast of Narrative 2: An Anthology of Short Stories by Italian American Writers
This anthology, second in this series of Italian American Writers, contains a very interesting amalgam of different stories and authors. What is common, other than their belonging to the same ethnic group, is the validity of their content and the message they send to the readers. Some stories are funny commentaries on social gatherings of some kind, wakes included, while others address different topics with a more somber tone, such as war events, the constant search for our roots, the changing of neighborhoods, the Covid19 crisis, and so on. Regardless of the topic, these writers prove that passion for writing is another element they have in common with each other. This is their message and ...
Sunny Days & Sleepless Nights
Tiziano Thomas Dossena's collection of award-winning selected poetry is titled "Sunny Days and Sleepless Night," a phrase that any poet past life's midpoint (Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita) and glancing backwards might ruefully utter, surprised to find a foundation of work indisputably present on the page as robust, poignant, and hard-earned as any "real" life he lived.Dossena's verse sets a bar for openness, frankness, and vulnerability few lives could ever match. In his work, the surprise of his "confessional life" is the one lived off the page, refracted through decades of his sorrowful, pensive, but vivid lines.The solemnities of art can be, in Dossena's writing, undermined by emoti...
Gilda Promise Me
Cav. Dr. Gilda Battaglia Rorro Baldassari's Memoir, published by 'idea Press" is a three-dimensional journey of a universal woman. Rendezvous as her companion from the silver screen to academe; from an Italian mountain town to the Italian consulate; from Saint Joachim's Church in Trenton to the Vatican; from treasured family memories to the world stage; laced with compassion, humor, and challenges overcome through deep spirituality.Eileen L. Poiani, Ph.D.Special Assistant to the PresidentProfessor of Mathematics, Saint Peter's UniversityGilda, Promise Me takes you on a literary adventure to foreign places, to dramatic heights and to challenging paths undreamed of by most women of her generat...
Concupiscent Consumption
Concupiscent Consumption is a titillating chapbook of poetry exploring the romantic and the erotic. Inviting readers to share in her experiences, LoSchiavo offers us a brief, yet sensual look at life's adventures.
The Secret Price of History
1850s Rome. Goffredo, Sandor, and Eleonora, selfless idealists fighting for Italian unification, find a medallion after a violent face-off with French soldiers on the last day of battle for the new Italian Republic. The medallion is connected to an elusive treasure which, if found, could help the French Emperor Napoleon III secure his place in history. Ignorant of these connections, and desperate for money, the three friends consider having the medallion melted down; but circumstances have it otherwise. Meanwhile, Eleonora, Goffredo, and Sandor continue their fervent fight for freedom: first in Italy, on the side of Garibaldi, Margaret Fuller and Cristina Belgioso, and then in America in the...
Suicide
"There's still so much silence and underlying stigma that surrounds suicide and self-harm. Thank you for being so brave, where others, I think, are too afraid to even voice the words self-harm and suicide." It is undeniable that putting thoughts, feelings and emotions into words, on paper, either with poetry or in a short story format, can be both therapeutic and an incredibly effective method of self-help and healing. In this brave and uncompromising collection, 50 writers and poets in countries around the world including: Australia, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Benin, Brazil, England, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malawi, Malta, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa, Swit...
George Washing Machine, Portables and Submarine Races
Reading Mike Cutillo's George Washing Machine is like breathing a refreshing mix of clean Mediterranean and upstate New York air. The book is part history, part travelogue and above all a personal journal wrapped in a witty, clever writing style...--Michael J. Fitzgerald, author of The Devil's Pipeline and other novels....I highly recommend it for anyone with an interest in immigrant family life, values, and customs. George Washing Machine is a significant contribution to U.S. immigration literature.-- Robert E. May, professor emeritus of history at Purdue University ...A great family memoir, this book should also appeal to others interested in Italian culture...-- Donald F. Staffo, long-time, educator, author and a proud Italian-American...Utilizing the keen eyes and deep insights of the award-winning journalist he is, Mike deftly weaves together the saga of his father's life in two worlds. If you wonder at all about America's story, this is it...-- John Erardi, author of "Tony Perez: From Cuba to Cooperstown"
Blood Memory: Prose Poems
Reale, a poet who trains her eye on the Italian-American experience, reaches back to the past with sensibilities rooted in the present to illuminate those who have gone before us and how their very lives' have shaped life today. Family, culture and memory intersect at the corner of what it means to be Italian, Italian-American and the peculiar desire for "home," wherever in the world that might be.
Trittico Berlinese
Un eccezionale progetto tutto femminile!Trittico berlinese presenta all'interno di tre stanze poetiche lo sgomento e il dolore provati da Marina Agostinacchio nella sua visita al Museo Ebraico di Berlino (Jüdisches Museum). L'intensità dei versi è coadiuvata dalle originali illustrazioni di Elena Cadeo e Paola Munari, di una ragguardevole energia creativa. Alle tre poesie si aggiunge una quarta a commento della visita. L'apprezzabile traduzione in inglese di Anna Rossi ritiene tutta la sensibilità originale dei versi.
Italians of Brooklyn
Brooklyn, or "Bruculinu," as many Italians affectionately pronounced it, is where Italian values, culture, and dreams thrived. In an era when over four million Italians found their way to America, the first significant influx came during the 1880s, primarily from rural peasant communities fleeing poverty and overpopulation. Although Italians in South Brooklyn have been traced back as far as the 1820s, most settled in Manhattan. The 1855 New York Census did not list any Italian natives in Brooklyn; however, by 1890, there were 9,563 Italians residing in the borough. By 1900, Brooklyn's Italian population was second only to Manhattan. Although the last notable wave of Italian immigration ended in the 1960s, Italian remains one of the six prevalent foreign languages in New York according to a 2007 census estimate. This work serves as a time capsule to remind us of the contributions and influences these immigrants have offered to the community.
