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April 1, 2008
Tags I Like
In joyous celebration of April’s National Poetry Month and Fool’s Day, I offer these four “found poems” made entirely from tags I found on i-italy.org.
January 12, 2008
Poet Vincent Ferrini, 1913-2007
Vincent Ferrini reciting "Forge Plant."
Poet Vincent Ferrini, 1913-2007
December 7, 2007
Sal Paradise was an Italophobe.
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88v/kerouac-spontaneous.html
Jack Kerouac
A little piece of drivel by Jack Kerouac begs the question, What's Italian-American about On The Road?
August 11, 2008
A wall, a poem, a summer epiphany.
Joseph Sciorra
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 2008.
I am reminded of Eugenio Montale's haunting poem upon discovering a simple barrier wall built by an Italian immigrant in Brooklyn during the 1930s.
January 25, 2010
Italianità alternativa
Joseph Sciorra
John Giorno reciting at the Calandra Institute, October 6, 2009.
Co-authored by Rosangela Briscese and Joseph Sciorra.
The Italian-American “experience” is anything but singular.
February 23, 2010
Ricordando Vincenzo Ancona
Martha Cooper
Vincenzo Ancona, Castel del Golfo Social Club, Brooklyn, 1987.
Poet, visual artist, raconteur, singer, immigrant laborer, friend.
May 9, 2011
Benefit Concert for Calandra Institute, June 10th
John Giorno, Vic Ruggiero, Penny Arcade, and John La Barbera to perform in support of the Calandra Institute.
May 5, 2011
Talking Folklore
Over the next several months, I will be presenting the book Italian Folk in venues throughout the New York metropolitan area.
September 21, 2011
Whose Day Is It Anyway?
Diane di Prima
Poet Diana di Prima offers alternative Italian-American heroes to Columbus.
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