The Italian American Think Tank
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DeJohn’s debut novel traces opera diva Francesca Frascatti’s search for her daughter Maria Grazia in 1908 New York. In her book, corrupt Tammany Hall police…
After the death of his wife, Mario Peppino decides to leave his Rhode Island home and return to his childhood town of Villa San Giuseppe,…
Peter Covino’s poetry can be described as confessional surrealism, such are the heightened psychological landscapes he re-imagines, whether he is exploring issues of identity politics,…
Far is a haunting exploration of what it means for a woman to be alone in her family, her house and her body, even as…
The ten magical stories in Paola Corso’s collection are primarily set in Pittsburgh area river towns, where Italian American women and girls draw from their…
In Revere, In Those Days (Shaye Areheart Books, 2002) is the story of the Benedetto family from the small coastal city Revere, Massachusetts. The story’s…
In his new novel, The Saint of Lost Things (Algonquin Books, 2005), Christopher Castellani explores the ties that bind in an Italian neighborhood in Wilmington,…
In 1892, a nine-year-old Jewish boy from Naples named Beniamino is smuggled aboard a cargo ship bound for America by his unemployed and impoverished mother. …
NOTE: The film will be screened in partnership with the Gotham Center, CUNY Graduate and will be held in the Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate, 365…
Located at the corner of Mulberry and Grand Streets, E. Rossi & Co. was one of the Italian American community’s oldest and most well-known stores…
Kym Ragusa’s memoir is situated at the crossroads of two Harlem communities during the 1970s, the West Harlem of her African American mother and the…
This video features the Brooklyn neighborhood known historically as South Brooklyn and more recently as Carroll Gardens, an area distinguished by its simple brownstones and…