Echoes of the Troubadour: A Review of In a Cage of Sunlight: The Works of Joseph Maviglia, Selected and New
Joseph Maviglia’s debut verse collection, Movietown, appeared in 1989, 36 years ago.…
2025
Mickey & Joe: Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty: In Conversation with Michaela Di Cesare
Mickey & Joe: Good. Bad. Ugly. Dirty is having its world premiere in Montreal from…
John Fante’s Full of Life, and the House of Un-American Activities Committee
Born in Denver, Colorado, in 1909, of an Italian immigrant father and an Italian-American…
Le Bateau en état d’ébriété (1870)
– Après Arthur Rimbaud, pace John Thompson As I sluiced wild, homicidal channels, The…
The Tablecloth
When I first moved out, Nonna Ida bought me a tablecloth with a blue-grey patchwork…
Women of Steel Project: Honoring Montreal’s Italian Textile and Garment Workers
The Women of Steel project pays tribute to the Italian immigrant women of Montreal’s…
Will You Marry Me?
The car sped along New York Interstate 87, winding its way through the Adirondack…
The Roncarelli Case: Defiance in the Pursuit of Justice
In 1946, Montreal restaurateur Frank Roncarelli, an Italian immigrant from Bologna, did…
Blades
Red tinted wings soaring over whitened wintry steppes Flocks of cardinals murmur…
Wine with Dinner
It’s 6:30 a.m. on a chilly fall day and I’m lying in bed. I hear the garage door…