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May has always meant Mother’s Day as well as the May Crowning of Mary, the Blessed Mother. Of course, those feelings are based in memories of how attending St. Anthony’s School shaped me into the man I am today. I am sure the same sentiment can be expressed by many of today’s men and women who had their early childhood’s formed by the Sisters of St...

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The Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco is pleased to announce the first in a series of evenings devoted to the theme "Literary Locations," an exploration of the intimate connection between author and the place that provides the backdrop to their stories. The choice for the first event in this series is author Elena Ferrante, whose quartet...

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Elena Ferrante fans can rejoice, their heroine is coming to the small screen. Well, kind of. Though many expected Ferrante to fade from public life after an Italian journalist revealed her real name last October, she's instead continued to do what she's always done: Write things for money.HBO just announced a 32-episode order that will cover all fo...

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Whatever I have learned about Italian American literature was on my own; no teacher suggested I read what I have read, and what I have learned has saved my life in many ways. In Mario Puzo’s novel, The Fortunate Pilgrim (1964), I found my widowed mother, who raised four children by herself, to be very much like the protagonist, Lucia Santa, who “ma...

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Following in the footsteps of Garrison Keillor’s departure from “A Prairie Home Companion,” another long and fruitful broadcasting collaboration is coming to an end. After 21 years, host Lynne Rossetto Kasper is parting company with her tight-knit colleagues at “The Splendid Table” — managing producer Sally Swift and producers Jennifer Russell and...

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Suzanne Branciforte: Edvige, you’re a teacher of memoir writing. What are your roots, origins and story? Edvige Giunta: I am Italian, and American, Sicilian, Sicilian-American, European. I have multiple identities. Memoir became an opportunity to bring together threads of identity and cultural experience. It’s an antidote to cultural displacement....

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Marianne Leone’s Ma is in many senses a larger-than-life character, one who might be capable, even from the afterlife, of shattering expectations. Born on a farm in Italy, Linda finds her way to the United States under dark circumstances, having escaped a forced marriage to a much older man, and marries a good Italian boy. She never has full comman...

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Thursday, March 30th at the PepperJack Grill in Staten Island, Boulevard Books releases Mrs. Pecora and Her Purple Hat, the first book in a series by author and artist, June Palo. The series takes Mrs. Pecora and her family through their journey of ordinary days, which become extraordinary. The book is inspired by June Palo's family, heritage, trad...

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When: Thursday, April 13, 2017 At 6:30 pm - Where: Italian Cultural Institute.  This event is free of charge for Members of the Italian Cultural Institute. Please call 415.788.7142 to reserve your seat. If you are not a member and would like to purchase a tickets ($10), please click here. To join or renew your membership, please click here. The fir...

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A few days ago while scrolling through Twitter, I saw that Special Teams Coordinator Brock Olivo will be hosting a football camp in Italy, where he coached earlier in his career. For me, that connected some dots in the worlds of literature and football. I knew that Olivo majored in literature at the University of Missouri, so at his introductory pr...

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