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Can Italy Be Too Italian?

Judith Harris

In a recent article New York Times reporter Michael Kimmelman asked the bizarre question “Is Italy Too Italian?” suggesting that Italy is so tradition bound, insular and...

The Makers of Magic Mop Infomercials and a Sh*t-Flinging Monkey are Insulted by Comparison to Darrell Fusaro

Darrell Fusaro

Freedom, is it worth the risk?

Living in the New World, Choosing from the Old

Maria Laurino

How Old World Ways Are Circling Back into 21st Century Life

Postmodern Mafiosi

George De Stefano

American mob movies and pulp fiction inspire Sicilian author Ottavio Cappellani

Village People and Bronx Tales

George De Stefano

Two Italian American memoirs recreate lost (New York) worlds

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF i-ITALY

Since 2000, folklorist Joseph Sciorra, aka Joey Skee, one of our most active bloggers, has been building an original presepio in his Brooklyn kitchen... With his permission, we're...

Decidedly Not Italian Enough

Joey Skee

Some thoughts on why I chose to remain silent and why I now think it's worth a blog post, thanks to Anthony Tamburri.

The Cultural Politics of Coffee

Joey Skee

In Search of a Decent Espresso in New York City.

Healthy Italy, but Naples poisoned by garbage

Judith Harris

In a polite letter to the New York Times Italian Interior Minister Giuliano Amato pointed out that the Italian national health care system is ranked by the World Health...

A Winter of Discontent

Judith Harris

Journalist and writer Judith Harris, in Rome, starts her collaboration with i-Italy and offers her reflections on Ian Fisher's New York Times article on Italy's "funk".

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