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The Artist's Iron Man: a Life in Sculpture and Film
Vincenzo Amato is both an actor and sculptor who has starred in a number of films, including Emanuele Crialese's "The Golden Door" ("Nuovo Mondo"). He talks sculpture and his...
Italian "Docs" on the Cutting Edge
On the last night of June, the band Italian Doc Remix turned a space in the Istituto Italiano di Cultura into the hippest room in Manhattan
Clemenza and Tessio are like Britain and France
The Pax Corleone, or what happens when two political analysts offer a close reading of "The Godfather" in an effort to explain contemporary US politics
Does Misery Love Company? Italy’s Roma
Few are more miserable these days than the Roma, or Gypsies, in Italy, whose camps are being bulldozed, whose shacks are being firebombed, and whose children now risk being...
An Italian Minotaur in New York City
Vinicio Capossela, cantautore and "enchanter"
Vinicio Capossela's Highline Ballroom concert was his biggest show here but not his best
Do College Professors Corrupt the Minds of American Youth?
As a college professor who tries the best he can to teach students to be well-read, think for themselves, and analyze complex social problems with their intellects and their...
How I found the Italian in me.
I’ve never read the book, “Were You Always an Italian?” by Maria Laurino, so I won’t pretend I have, but the reviews are a mixed bag
A Few Random Thoughts after The Loss of Two Friends!
When our role models leave us, where do we go to look for others? This is, for sure, one of the questions that arises after the loss of both Rudi Vecoli and Rocco Caporale, two...
Notes on the Passing of Rudy Vecoli
The passing of Rudolph J. Vecoli is a great loss but his legacy is much greater
Whites on a Leash: Italian Americans and White Privilege in the U.S.
If not totally black, Italians have certainly complicated the notion of whiteness in America so that they are neither totally white, and it is this in-between status, that makes...
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