Literature
‘My Mother’s Kitchen: The Kitchens of Taylor Street’
A memoir about family, identity, and the story of Chicago’s Italian American neighborhoods during the 1950s and early 60s.
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The Killings That Shook America — and United Italian Immigrants
An Amazon bestseller, Cobblestones: A New Orleans Tragedy, details how the largest lynch mob ever to assemble on U.S. soil forever changed the Italian American story and created Columbus Day.
Read MoreA Barber’s Wisdom
A short story from the book, PAPA A Journey Back: Stories of Family, Friends & Life by an Italian American
Read MoreDante, a Renaissance Rock Star, Still Has No Equal
“Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them. There is no third.” — T. S. Eliot
Read MoreBoston’s North End Loses a Neighborhood Storyteller
Anthony Riccio, age 69, opened a door to the Italian American experience and invited us in.
Read MoreStanley Tucci’s New Book Offers Readers a Seat at His Table
Tucci is also underway in shooting season 2 of his hit show, "Searching for Italy."
Read MoreThe Italian ‘Mad Scientist’ Whose Experiments Inspired Frankenstein
Dr. Giovanni Aldini, a brilliant Italian physicist, pushed the boundaries of science with never-before-tried experiments on creatures and cadavers.
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