Félix Rose’s new documentary, La bataille de Saint-Léonard (The Battle of Saint-Léonard), chronicles the language and education protests of the late 1960s that made national headlines for many months. What began as a local dispute soon exploded into a wider political conflict that demanded the intervention of both the provincial… In a Tension of Leaves and Binding (Guernica 2024) is Renée M. Sgroi’s second collection… Born in Denver, Colorado, in 1909, of an Italian immigrant father and an Italian-American mother,… It’s 6:30 a.m. on a chilly fall day… Gramma Stella was 14½ when her mother told… “All of it?” Saverio asked again. “All of… When I first moved out,… Félix Rose’s new documentary, La… In a Tension of Leaves and Binding (Guernica 2024) is Renée M. Sgroi’s second collection… Joseph Maviglia’s debut verse collection, Movietown, appeared in 1989, 36 years ago. That was only… – Après Arthur Rimbaud, pace John Thompson As I sluiced wild, homicidal channels, The pilot… Joseph Maviglia’s debut verse collection, Movietown, appeared in 1989, 36 years ago. That was only the start of a rhapsodic… In Laura’s Uncovering (Ekstasis 2024), Toronto author John Calabro has crafted a historical romance set in two different eras, with… With The Cipher (Signature Editions 2024, 239 p.), Genni Gunn has written a masterful work that captures the sacrifices of… In a Tension of Leaves and Binding (Guernica 2024) is Renée M. Sgroi’s second collection of poetry. Her previous collection, life… Douglas Anthony Cooper is not an author you will find anyone reading under a beach umbrella. His novels are structurally… In this interview / conversation, authors Liana Cusmano and Christopher DiRaddo speak about their writing, family and Italian heritage. The… In her new book, An Opera in Three Acts Starring Gino Quilico (LLP, 2022), Connie Guzzo McParland chronicles the lives… Victor DiBenedetto has spent a lifetime discreetly making his customers look and feel their best. For nearly five decades, the… For our mammas! Francesca LoDico’s radio special, "But For Now We Stay Home,” is about her mamma coping with the… The Mercato is an Italian tradition that goes back centuries. Once a week, travelling vendors come to town, set up… Every year millions of tourists visit the city of Florence and flock to the Uffizi Gallery for its extraordinary collection… After almost half a century living in Toronto’s Little Italy, I make a return journey to the place where I… Cars, trucks, and heavy transports bustle down the busy thoroughfare known as Preston Street. A vital link between the city… In 1946, Montreal restaurateur Frank Roncarelli, an Italian immigrant from Bologna, did the unimaginable – he sued the most powerful… As Italian Liberation Day approaches every April 25th, the editorial pages of Italy’s national newspapers reignite the national discourse over… For centuries, letters of introduction were considered almost as essential as passports for travelling within what is now Italy. A… “He was the Robin Hood of Italy,” my mother said when she first showed me the tattered old book in… Upon invitation, my wife and I, we went down into the city. We travelled with her brother and cister-in-law to… “When we undertake the pilgrimage, it's not just to escape the tyranny at home but also to reach to the… There is this picture of me, taken at my first gay pride parade, that is one of my favourites. In… Luca inhaled deeply and then parked his cigarette in the ashtray. He turned to me, wearing a very decisive expression… As the festive season approaches, I think of my mom and her enigmatic smile, and how she diligently and lovingly… Our holiday celebrations always began with Italian Christmas Eve fare: fish and seafood, and our regional specialty of polenta e baccalà. Around… Evenings on Prince Edward Island already smell like autumn. On the boardwalk at the end of each day the air… Forlorn, hopelessly hanging on, budding too late to reach their full glory, tarty green tomatoes are the latecomers of summer. Packed… More than sixty writers of Italian heritage presented their work at the 19th Biennial Conference of the Association of Italian-Canadian… International Day of Mourning takes place on April 28th to remember workers killed or injured in the workplace. At Toronto's… The Association of Italian-Canadian Writers (AICW) held its biennial conference at the University of Torino, in Torino, Italy, from September… Montreal, May 16, 2021 – We are pleased to report the names of the winners of the 2021 Accenti…
Félix Rose’s The Battle of Saint-Léonard: A Problematic Portrayal of Montreal’s Italian Community
Between Curiosity and Imagination: In Conversation with Renée M. Sgroi
John Fante’s Full of Life, and the House of Un-American Activities Committee
Between Curiosity and Imagination: In Conversation with Renée M. Sgroi
Echoes of the Troubadour: A Review of In a Cage of Sunlight: The Works of Joseph Maviglia, Selected and New
Le Bateau en état d’ébriété (1870)
Echoes of the Troubadour: A Review of In a Cage of Sunlight: The Works of Joseph Maviglia, Selected and New
In Laura’s Uncovering, John Calabro Weaves a Tale of Two Eras
Love and War in Genni Gunn’s The Cipher
Between Curiosity and Imagination: In Conversation with Renée M. Sgroi
Living and Writing Between Two Worlds: In Conversation with Douglas Anthony Cooper
Queer Perspectives on Writing & Family: In Conversation with Christopher DiRaddo and Liana Cusmano
Gino Quilico, the Man and the Artist
At a Loss – The Science and Art of Being a Hairstylist
But For Now We Stay Home
To Market, To Market – the Mercato Experience in Italy
Where Italy’s Most Famous Are Buried
Dining With the Gods – A Travel Essay
Ottawa’s “Village”
The Roncarelli Case: Defiance in the Pursuit of Justice
Fascism, Anti-Semitism, and the Italian Novel in California
Letters of Introduction? Lear, Gissing and Douglas’s Travels to Calabria
Giuseppe Musolino: Brigand King of Calabria
Love’s Eye View: New Possibilities in Storytelling and Heritage Preservation
Looming
Pictures and Parades
The Son She Never Had
Calabrese Nacatole: Byzantine Delights for the Holiday Season
Holiday Memories
Mushrooms Like Paper-Thin Memories
Preserving Summer’s Latecomers
A Celebration of Italian-Canadian Voices
Fallen Workers: How the Italian Community Found Its Voice Through Tragedy
Italian-Canadian Writers Gather in Torino for Biennial Conference
2021 Accenti Contests – Winners Announced
Cinema, In Case You Missed It
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