Maria Laurino is a freelance journalist and essayist and was chief speechwriter for former Mayor Dinkins. Her new book (to be published this summer by…

“Amerisicula: Sicilian Poetry in New York” at The Kitchen Experience the rich poetic tradition of Sicily, known as l’isola dei poeti (the island of poets).…

“ has produced a striking novel whose compositional principle is silence. This is a book all Italian Americans can benefit from reading, not for what…

“Graceful … manages to handle an enormous amount of emotional material with a light touch…. struggle is urgent and real. Giardina makes us care, in…

“An endearing portrayal of working-class Italian-American women, their sons, their families, their lives, their loves, and their dreams in New York’s Little Italy. Ermelino writes…

“As this teasing, literate thriller gets underway, a team of sunstruck foreign investigators … arrives in the hill town of Mancanzano in rural southern Italy,…

“Bronx Italian is a dynamic, engaging and at times humorous poetic investigation of identities as poet, mother, family member, life survivor. It is a wonderful…

“Only a profound talent can write stories that are at once simple and deep.” — Darin Strauss “Prete’s complicated affection for neighborhood life-and his ability…