Pictures and Parades
There is this picture of me, taken at my first gay pride parade, that is one of my…
Culture
Italian-Canadian Writers Gather for Conference in Winnipeg
If you could choose a first conference to attend as a speaker, the Biennial Conference of…
Italy, A Tempo Pieno – Between Two Worlds
It has been my experience as an educator and a self-proclaimed ambassador of Italian…
Gingerbread: A Sicilian-Canadian Tradition
In December 2015 I sent out a celebratory email about the gingerbread houses I’d made…
The Other Italy
In Canada and the United States, Italians form an ethnic community whose values and…
Rocky Roads: Northern Italy’s Jewish Heritage
Mountain Jews in the Italian/Austrian Alps? The Tyrol region is not immediately…
Sicilian Ruins: Resurrecting Poggioreale
In a June 2012 editorial in a local Piedmont newspaper on the earthquake in…
Where Everybody Knows (How to Spell) My Name
Recently, an acquaintance told me that I don’t look “Canadian.” In all fairness,…
My Italian-Canadian-American Life in Reverse
The first I saw of Rome was no different than the last I saw of it three years ago. The…
Italy For Beginners
Can you imagine waking up every morning in a place where nearly every street has a coffee…