Raccogli e passa
Raccogli e passa

John Fante’s and Richard Quine’s 1956 film, "Full of Life," constructs California Italian culture, one brick at a time.
Some thoughts on Italy’s mythical status, migrating identities, and the creation of an online salon to talk about it all.

Introducing "Such Is Life" ("Ma la vita è fatta cosi"), an immigrant woman’s memoir about her life between Italy and America.
On having received an envelope mailed to Berkeley, California from Cornwall, England with photographs of the Italo-British filmmaker and actor, Giovanni “Jack” Salvatori.

San Francisco’s Current Poet Laureate, Diane Di Prima, moves Italian American Identity Above, Below, and Beyond.

Capturing Italy’s encounter with California in Frank Capra’s documentary "La visita dell’ Incrociatore Italiano Libia a San Francisco, Calif., 6-29 Novembre 1921"

Why Italian Americans need to take action, a Pasquinian response to some recent debates.

Thinking about next year’s holiday cards, I turn to the leftist artists, Tina Modotti and Pietro di Donato.

Fruit and Vegetable Crate Labels in California and the Italian Americans They Created

On a visit to a retrospective of this California artist, I consider traces of the Italian immigrant background in his work.

Jack Salvatori, an almost-forgotten Italian American director, made a film about Cinecittà’s role as a camp for WWII refugees.

An ambitious week-long event in a small village in the province of Avellino crossed many boundaries and suggested many new possibilities.