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Mafia Movies: A Reader

Luca Delbello

A new book collects several essays, coming from the Italian and the Italian American academic world, in order for a greater understanding of the mafia phenomenon as seen through...

Saviano’s Eyes

Robert Viscusi

Roberto Saviano has the eyes of a prophet who has seen Italy plain. Gramsci in jail, Dante in hell. This is the Italy where Popes die mysteriously and there are secret cities...

The Italian American Community’s War on Negative Stereotypes: a Failure

Stanislao Pugliese

I am honored to participate in this very important dialogue with my distinguished colleagues, who have already weighed in with profound and even provocative observations. While...

Saviano & Roubini – Do New York ... Literati love the ‘Shtick’

Tom Verso

In U.S. House of Representatives – “Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Committee” – hearings on December 15, 2011, very authoritative expert witnesses in...

Roberto Saviano and the Problems of Italian America

Anthony Julian Tamburri

Along with the various observations that have been made by three of our esteemed colleagues (De Stefano, Gardaphé, Krase), and I must emphasize that I am in agreement as well...

Saviano at NYU with Roubini. Criminal Economy and Mafia

Luca Delbello

Gomorrah's writer met with students, professors and journalists at New York University's Paulson Auditorium. He talked about mafia and its impact on the financial crisis.

Roberto Saviano to Speak Today at Occupy Wall Street

Roberto Saviano, Italian journalist and author of “Gomorrah”, will be joining the Occupy Wall Street protesters in Zuccotti Park today at 12 pm.

Delirious Naples in New York: A conversation with Stan Pugliese

Ottorino Cappelli

A four-day conference on Naples starts on November 16 at Hofstra University.

Mafia, Kinds of Applause & Saviano's Quotes

Judith Harris

A confusion of applause: ovation at Perugia for Italy’s heroic Roberto Saviano and hurrahs at Reggio for arrested ’Ndrangheta boss Giovanni Tegano

Una tragedia ridicola

Stanislao Pugliese

Francesco Durante’s "Scuorno" (Milan: Mondadori, 2008) offers an enlightened and enlightening brief introduction into the cultural mindset of Neapolitan culture

Italian and American Officials Iluminate Current Antimafia Activities

Susannah Gold

Italian and American law enforcement officials, activists and lawyers brought home the reality of antimafia activities in Italy and in America at a recent conference at John Jay...

“Lettera alla mia terra”. Beauty and Hell for Roberto Saviano

Simona Zecchi

Festival delle Letterature di Roma. Roberto Saviano presents his new book “La bellezza e l’inferno – Scritti 2004-2009”. In this collection of editorials, tales, and...

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