Cast of a Thousand
My older sister Elizabeth said she would come to my Christmas Eve dinner – if I…
2023
Giuseppe Musolino: Brigand King of Calabria
“He was the Robin Hood of Italy,” my mother said when she first showed me the…
A Stroll Through Mark Frutkin’s The Walled Garden
While hoeing his garden one day – so the story goes – Saint Francis of Assisi was…
The Move
“Mom, the woman will be here at 11:30. Are you ready?” “What’s her name?” the…
Queen City
The 1960s continued to see increasing numbers of Italians immigrating to Canada.…
In Search of an Altered Identity in Bruna Martini’s Roots-Radici
Roots, Radici. (BeccoGiallo, 2022) is Bruna Martini’s new installment in her graphic…
Alla scoperta di un’identità mutata in Roots / Radici di Bruna Martini
Bruna Martini torna a sorprenderci nuovamente con il suo graphic memoir, Roots. Radici,…
Exposing the Soft Underbelly of the Legal System: A Review of Darlene Madott’s Winners and Losers
I approached Winners and Losers, Darlene Madott’s latest literary offering, with high…
Damage and Repair: A Response to Roberto Marra’s Paintings
Roberto Marra makes physical what is felt but not seen. We’ll come back to this. As an…
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I saw in…