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"Voices of Rhode Island's Italian-Americans" is a book that's packed with wonderful stories from Rhode Islanders whose families came from Italy in search of something better. The 182-page book includes almost 300 original photographs and excerpts, and describes the hardships, hopes, determination, cooperative spirit and industriousness of thes...

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di Maurita Cardone   Non sono molti gli scrittori contemporanei italiani che riescono a esportare le proprie opere nel mercato USA. E tra i giovani sono ancora meno. Marco Malvaldi è una vera rarità. Lui ce l'ha fatta: di recente i suoi gialli dal sapore toscano sono sbarcati negli States con il timbro di Europa Editions. E d'altra parte già...

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The Consulate of Italy in Detroit and & CSU Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs are pleased to host author Alessandro Coppola, for a presentation and insightful conversation on his Apocalypse Town: Cronache dalla fine della civiltà urbana (Tales from the end of an urban civilization) (Ed. Laterza, 2012). This free event will take plac...

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L'attore agrigentino Alessandro Mario, il prossimo 22 febbraio, nella Mediateca John Fante di Torricella Peligna (Ch) si esibirà in un reading interamente incentrato sull'opera dello scrittore italoamericano John Fante, dal titolo "Viaggio con John Fante" in cui leggerà brani tratti dalla saga "Bandini" ("Aspetta primavera", "Bandini", "Chiedi alla...

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Local author and food writer Maria Desiderata Montana has a new book being released this week about San Diego's Italian community and its cuisine.   "San Diego Italian Food: A Culinary History of Little Italy and Beyond" (History Press; $19.99) tells the story of how a large Italian community developed in what became known as Little Italy. A...

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Born in the Sicilian town Ventimiglia, Biagio Settepani hoped for a career in journalism.   Now, 55 years later, the master pastry chef who owns the Pasticceria Brunos of Dongan Hills and West Brighton claims four successful bakeries in his lifetime along with a solid set of culinary honors and international accolades.   Read more &n...

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Chef and restaurateur Mario Batali has signed a deal for two cookbooks with Grand Central Life & Style, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group. The first cookbook will be written in collaboration with Washington Post writer Jim Webster, and will "look at farmers and their top products in 12 American states acr...

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WTI Magazine #5    2013 Nov, 15Author : Annalisa Lospinuso for PoisonDrops      Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti   The story of a boy coming from Voghera who has become a symbol of the Italian fashion in the world, a story narrated by those who had the chance to meet him and work with him during these years. "Valentino. Ritratto a più voci dell...

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On Sunday, Oct. 5, author Paolo Battaglia will give a presentation on his new book, "Explorers, Emigrants, Citizens: A Visual History of the Italian American Experience from the Collections of the Library of Congress" at the Lackawanna Historical Society's Catlin House, 232 Monroe Ave., Scranton. The program will begin at 2 p.m.   Battaglia...

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The Italian Cultural Institute and the American Initiative For Italian Culture present the premiere of a new publication by Bordighera Press The Mandate of Heaven (Poems of an Italian Childhood) with poems by Grace Cavalieri, with Italian translations by Sabine Pascarelli.   Grace and Sabine reads are in English and Italian. The evening feat...

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