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George Guida reads from Low Italian: Poems
The poems in Low Italian (Bordighera) explore the drama, the comedy and the tragedy of Italian American consciousness. From “I’m Through Being Italian” to “Zen Italian,” the speakers of these poems traverse the vast mental, spiritual and material landscape that is Italian American culture. Whether somber, sardonic, or sensual, they search always for the answer to a single question: What does it mean to be Italian American?
“Clear, fresh and powerful, possessing the humor and profundity he has asked for, and as much at home with scamorza as on the Long Island Expressway, George Guida’s work paves the way for the Italian experience in America, and the American experience in Italy, in the 21st century.”
—Anthony Valerio