Italians as Victims?
There is something peculiar, even uncomfortable, about the idea of portraying Italians as…
Opinion
In the Company of Heather
I keep hoping, one day to walk into a Chapters book store and run smack into a display of…
Shakespeare Unbound
The article about John Florio by Lamberto Tassinari, (“In Search of William…
In Defence of Italy: Il Mio Paese, Right or Wrong!
I remember very well when I first arrived in Canada. I remember spending several months…
Visiting the Old Town
There used to be one reason, really, to visit Italy. Brothers and sisters, parents and…
Canada Sucks at Soccer
In a National Post piece titled “Canada Doesn’t Deserve The Boot To Be Kicked…
La Storia Nascosta
In the unusual spelling of my family name lies a significant aspect of North American…
Mainstream Media and the Godfather Legacy
In 1972, Francis Ford Coppola’s controversial screen adaptation of Mario…
Politics and the Book Fair
“The real risk for writers is to be relegated to the forgotten, censored. How can…
Italian Americans and Italian American Cultural Power
Shortly after winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, Toni Morrison said that the…