Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. Yearning for acceptance from her Italian-speaking mother-in-law, Bea Tusiani's stories offer a glimpse into the struggle of generations. From Bushwick, Brooklyn in the 195
Literary Nonfiction. History. Translated from the Italian by Siân Gibby. This collection of letters, diaries, and memoirs offers readers personal accounts of the realities of the war. We are taken bey
Fiction. Severe poverty and unenforced labor laws led countless Sicilian families to put their children (some as young as six years old) to work in the sulfur mines, where they experienced horrific wo
Poetry. Italian & Italian American Studies "Here I am, Father. By now even time has surrendered his whitened scepterand you return, ancestral figure, or perhaps it is I who walk the path. Father, I w
Poetry. Women's Studies. Italian American Studies. "I love this book with its strength and riskiness, its weaving of the Kitty Genovese story with the narrator's own story and life. The details Martel
Poetry. Music. Italian American Studies. "forgetfulness / is food for gods / and words are too / so I sit on the sill / of this white window / and plan a house / with means I get / bricks I collect /
Poetry. Art. Religion and Spirituality. Italian Studies. MISSING MADONNAS begins with the lunar arrival of its author, Gil Fagiani, who throughout this collection explores mythical Madonnas, nonnas, a
Literary Nonfiction. Italian Studies. Art. Essays. Edited by Sabrina Vellucci and Carla Francellini. In the last three decades, Italian/American culture has at last experienced a veritable renaissance
Literary Nonfiction. Essays. Italian Studies. "I love this collection of essays by Maria Terrone, an exceptionally talented woman of Italian American ancestry who grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens, w
Literary Nonfiction. Music. Italian Studies. The odyssey recounted within these pages traverses time and space in order to bear witness to an individual's developing artistry and commitment to politic
Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. Essays. Italian Studies. "NOT FOR NOTHING transported me. Curto's gritty specificity with coming-of-age memories is humourous, gripping, and thought-provoking. NOT FOR NOT
Literary Nonfiction. Italian Studies. "Rita Watson's memories of family, traditions, and community reveal what truly nourishes people. At the heart of this book is a wise and gentle grandmother who sa
Poetry. Italian Studies. "The poems in SEASON OF SUBTRACTION are at once effortlessly attainable, and at the same time surprisingly fresh and delightfully unexpected...If you listen carefully, you can
Poetry. Italian Studies. "In poems born of the rocky soil of the old country, where children learn to sew in a 'walled-in-garden' with 'one potted plant--crown of thorns,' Frasca threads history and m
