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The Italian American writer Robert Viscusi will be reading his poems at the Italian Cultural Center on March 2nd! Like most Italian Americans born since the 1940s, Robert Viscusi grew up without being able to speak ten sentences in the native language of his grandparents and parents. The Second World War made it a dangerous thing for Italians in t...

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by Nick Malfitano   Saugus - Local businessman Joe Pace is the inspiration for a character in the book "Tonino: The Adventures of a Boy/Cricket from Boston's North End," written by entomologist and University of Massachusetts at Amherst professor John G. Stoffolano, Jr. Stoffolano's tale revolves around a young boy/cricket creature named To...

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E' stato presentato nei giorni scorsi, in occasione dell'intitolazione di una piazza di Renazzo a coloro che sono emigrati a Plymouth (USA), il volume "Nulla osta per il mondo" risultato di uno studio approfondito sull'emigrazione da Renazzo, frazione del Comune di Cento (FE), verso gli Stati Uniti che è stato svolto dagli studiosi Gian Paolo Borgh...

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Date: Monday, May 04, 2015 - Hours: 6PM Venue: Italian Cultural Institute - 686 Park Avenue - New York, NYIn her first book, "The aesthetic of my disappearance", Arianna Carossa aims to overturn the same concept of what is commonly defined as a "catalogue" or artist's book. There isn't any image in this book, but nine interviews. N...

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by Carey Dunne   Renowned Italian-American designer Louise Fili's love of typography and graphic arts stems from a specific moment during her first trip to Italy, at age 16: As she was leaving the Milan airport, a striking billboard for the classic Baci Perugina chocolates caught her eye.   "I was completely smitten. I had never seen...

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An Italian journalist's behind-the-scenes account of conflict between Pope Francis and opponents in the Vatican will be published in the U.S. on Nov. 10. Henry Holt and Co. announced Thursday that it had acquired U.S. rights to Gianluigi Nuzzi's "Merchants in the Temple: Inside Pope Francis' Battle Against Corruption in the Vatican."  ...

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Rosanna Chiofalo is the author of Bella Fortuna and Carissima. A first-generation Italian American whose parents emigrated from Sicily to New York in the early 1960s, Chiofalo has worked for over 20 years as a copywriter and copy director for several New York City publishers.   Her latest book, Stella Mia (Kensington Books) is set to be rele...

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WHAT: The Italian American Writers Association (iawa) presents Susan Lembo Balik and George Guida on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at Sidewalk Cafe, 94 Avenue A (6th St.) East Village, NYC; 212-473-7373; www.sidewalkny.com. Readings begin with an Open Mic followed by featured readers and book sales.   WHEN: Saturday, June 13, 5:30-7:30 PM &n...

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by AnneMarie D'Attelo   Thursday, September 12, 2013, 6:30 PMRogers Free Public Library, Herreshoff Community Room,525 Hope Street, Bristol, RI   A presentation by the Italian American Historical Society of Rhode Island that will highlight excerpts from its recently published book: Voices of Rhode Island's Italian Americans. This huge...

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by Virginia Rohan Francis Albert Sinatra may have had a love-hate relationship with his home state — the hate prevailing for years at a time — but that didn't dampen the affection his North Jersey fans had for the Hoboken-born-and-bred singer, whose voice touched their hearts at a formative time in their lives.   Seventeen years after his d...

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