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If you happen to follow me on social media, you might know I recently had my first book published. The book is "The Culinary History of Pittsburg County: Little Italy, Choctaw Beer and Lamb Fries," (History Press, $19.99), and my editors at The Oklahoman have been kind enough to allow me to tell a little about it and how the project came to fruiti...

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The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere presents a book talk and signing with author Mimi Aloia - Wednesday, October 1, 2014 @ 7 PM Q & A with the author will take place after the presentation. Copies of the book will be available and can be autographed.   Suggested Donation: $20 pp. (Cash, check or credit card...

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Conference on digital projects directed by Prof. Massimo Riva (Brown University), about the Decameron Web (Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio), the Project Pico (a few masterpieces by Giovanni Pico – Mirandola) and the Panorama Garibaldi May 3, 2013New BrunswickRutgers University conference starting at 4.30 pm

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Lemons Into Limoncello: From Loss To Personal Renaissance With The Zest Of Italy, written by Dr. Raeleen D'Agostino Mautner, is the first self-help book to prescribe a traditional Italian cultural approach. This Italian-American author teaches readers how to overcome challenges with simple strategies from the "bel paese."   Life is about cha...

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Amara Lakhous, author of Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio, examines the theme of identity through the descriptions of idiosyncrasies in multicultural Italy by way of a story of a murder in Rome. This is the last of 5 lectures in the Italian American Experience Series Fall 2014, New Books on Italian Americana pres...

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by Ben Lariccia   The recently published "Italians of the Greater Mahoning Valley" made its appearance this holiday season under many local Christmas trees. The 127–page collection of historic photos and scholarly commentary sheds light on one of the most interesting communities of Italian heritage in the U.S.   Drawn to the Valley by...

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by Rick Zullo   I met Emanuele Pettener back in 2009, and it's safe to say that the meeting changed my life in many ways. I was enrolled in the Italian Studies program at F.A.U. in Boca Raton, Florida where he teaches. The class was Italian Literature from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, taught entirely in Italian, which at the time stra...

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di Maurita Cardone   C'era aria di festa domenica su Park Avenue tra 69th e 68th street. Per le celebrazioni del 2 giugno, festa della Repubblica Italiana, tra il consolato e l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura è stato un susseguirsi di eventi per celebrare il nostro paese e le sue ricchezze, dall'arte alla letteratura, dal turismo al design pass...

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Some new and forthcoming titles that may be of interest to our readers. All are available at Amazon.com • The Stone and Bronze Ages in Italy and Sicily by T. Eric Peet Publisher: Cambridge Library Collection Publication Date: April 30, 2015 Paperback: $43.20 Language: English Pages: 544   • Sicily and the Medite...

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di Liliana Rosano   Quando nell'Aprile del 2014 era stata annunciata la chiusura dello storico punto vendita Rizzoli al civico 31 su 57th Street, tra Fifth e Sixth Avenue, a Manhattan, una folta schiera di scrittori, intellettuali, lettori e cittadini, sia italiani che americani, si mobilitò contro la chiusura della Libreria Rizzoli, un punt...

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