The Blind Leading the Blind: A Work by Guido Nincheri for Our Time
Guido Nincheri was one of the most prolific Canadian artists of his generation. Emigrating to Montreal with his wife in 1913 on the eve of World War I, he quickly established himself as a masterful painter and stained glass artist. His legacy of hundreds of commissioned works includes the decoration…
He calls me il vagabondo because he never knows when…
Taras Grescoe presents himself as a travel writer who falls…
“The Stranger now saddles me into my bliss. I wear the…
Caterina Edwards on the French Translation of Her Novel, The Sicilian Wife
Caterina Edwards immigrated to Edmonton at age eight with her British father and Venetian mother. The Edmonton author was the…
Translation As Metaphor for Migration
In her Italian-Canadian Narratives of Return. Analysing Cultural Translation in Diasporic Writing (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, pp. 436) Michela Baldo maps…
Making Sense of a Troubled Life in My Father, Fortune-Tellers & Me by Eufemia Fantetti
Eufemia Fantetti’s most recent book, My Father, Fortune-Tellers & Me: A Memoir (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2019) is a gripping outpouring…
Poet and priest Pier Giorgio Di Cicco passed away on December 22, 2019. As a poet and editor, his contributions…
Compiled after decades of research by Marino Toppan, Land of Triumph and Tragedy: Voices of the Italian Fallen Workers is…
Although it was a long time ago, the memories I have are still vivid – walking as a boy at…
On hot summer afternoons I love to wander the winding cobblestone streets and narrow alleys of the medieval hilltop village…
“Since the house is on fire, let us warm ourselves.” (Italian proverb) Monday, 9 a.m. Not writing. Dim, dreary…
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