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Italian immigrants flocked to America beginning in the mid-1800s unaware of the hardships ahead, much like the harsh conditions they left behind in Italy. Despite discrimination, scarce employment, hunger, and drudgery, they courageously established trades, businesses, parishes, and solid family life in neighborhood enclaves nearly identical to the...

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She was one of the first women in Italy to earn a living as a journalist and a writer, the first female columnist for the leading Italian daily Corriere della Sera, and the author of 45 books.  She called herself Marchesa Colombi, but she had no noble blood in her veins. Her real name was Maria Antonietta Torriani, and she was born poor in 1840. Sh...

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It started with the New York Review of Books, this whole Tuscany thing. This was decades ago. There was an ad in the back of an issue for a house rental, and there was an open summer. Then, there was a vacation. And though Frances Mayes had been to Italy before, it was in Tuscany where she fell in love. Years later, in 1990, Mayes purchased her own...

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In the renaissance period English playwrights such as William Shakespeare were obsessed with a man named Niccolo Machiavelli. In his day, Machiavelli was seen as the reputed expert of the art of political corruption and the attainment of power through sinister means. In fact he wrote a book titled “The Prince” that referenced history and offered in...

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For some cooks, a decorated table is just as important as the feast that rests on top. That is the case for Sunday Times’ food columnist and cookbook author, Skye McAlpine, whose latest cookbook was inspired by friendships and festive meals in Venice, Italy. Next week, the cookbook, “A Table for Friends: The Art of Cooking for Two or Twenty,” will...

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The last whodunnit featuring the famed Sicilian police inspector Salvo Montalbano has hit the shelves in Italy, nearly a year to the day after the death of the author Andrea Camilleri. Riccardino was first penned in 2005 and then tweaked in 2016, after which Camilleri gave it to his publisher on the promise that it would not be released until after...

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Ciao from Rome on lockdown to all the friends of We the Italians. Dear friends... how are you? At the beginning of the Italian lockdown, now four months ago, you were worried about Italy, in serious trouble while in America the problems had not yet begun, even though the virus was already circulating. Now that, for the moment, Italy is a little bet...

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I’m glad to announce that I’ve just published the English version of my award winning book “Due Montanari”: “Brothers of the Mountains”. It can pe purchased here. It’s emotional and inspirational, not only for readers who like hiking and mountains. It’s about following your dreams and accomplishing your goals and doing what you LOVE. Please spread...

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Manca un mese alla XV edizione del ‘John Fante Festival – Il dio di mio padre’ (in programma dal 21 al 23 agosto), esce ora in libreria un volume dedicato allo scrittore italoamericano d’origine abruzzese a cura di Giovanna Di Lello, direttrice del Festival, e Toni Ricciardi, studioso di emigrazione italiana. “Dalla parte di John Fante. Scritti e t...

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This very timely book chronicles the plight of Italian immigrants who braved long journeys, prejudice, and enormous sacrifice for the hope of a better future for their families. All of us can relate to its universal message of heroism in facing seemingly insurmountable odds. The families referenced, and the Hartford location are but a microcosm of...

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