Darlene Madott’s Closing Ceremonies and Dying Times: A Review
Closing Ceremonies and Dying Times (Guernica Editions, 2026; 300 pp), the latest title…
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“I’ve Been Writing this Poem for Centuries”: A Review of Tina Biello’s The Weight of Survival
In the acknowledgements of her most recent book, Tina Biello thanks her “parents and…
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…
Found in Translation: A New Collection Celebrates Italian Queer Poet Dario Bellezza
The resurrection of Dario Bellezza has been more than half a century in the making. The…
Italy’s Colonial Past Amid the Lies, Racism, and Selective Amnesia
Excerpts from But We Built Roads for Them: The Lies, Racism, and Amnesia that Bury…
Feeling God’s Presence: A Review of Mary Melfi’s Welcome to Hard Times
Mary Melfi has written over a dozen books, including fiction, non-fiction, memoires and…
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,…
The Drama of Caravaggio
An 11-year-old boy is walking on the edge of a forest near his uncle’s farm in the…
Reflections on Timeless Rhythms in David Bellusci’s Age of Innocence
David Bellusci opens his latest poetry collection, Age of Innocence (Wipf and Stock,…