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As more attention is paid to literature in translation, more tools emerge to aid us in trying to bring new (and in some cases, old) foreign works to an English-speaking audience. Sometimes, however, those tools tell us something we don't want to face. To wit, the wonderful database of translated works maintained by Chad Post of Three Percent s...

Gli Stati Uniti sono storicamente il Paese nei cui confronti l'Italia vanta il maggiore surplus commerciale, con esportazioni che si concentrano in particolare nei comparti dei macchinari, dei mezzi di trasporto, dei prodotti legati al sistema moda/persona e naturalmente del settore agroalimentare.   E' anche per rinsaldare ulterio...

By Carson McGrath Cassandra Lena Santoro, the founder and CEO of Travel Italian Style, believes that traveling to Italy can change a person's life. It certainly changed hers. There is something about this country, the topic of more travel books than any other nation, that gets inside your blood. As a Sicilian American, Santoro said she grew...

by Bryce Gruber If you grew up in a traditional Italian household, you're probably already familiar with the longstanding holiday tradition of baking brutti ma buoni cookies. The name sounds glam, but it actually translates to "ugly but good." That's because the recipe's end result certainly isn't beautiful: lumpy and misshapen is more like it. Bu...

di Cristina Bartelli   Una ritenuta del 30% sui pagamenti di fonte Usa come cedole, dividendi, interessi, stipendi o rendite nel caso in cui gli intermediari finanziari (banche trust, fondi, assicurazioni) non comunichino i nomi e le movimentazioni dei clienti Usa intestatari di un conto presso il loro istituto.   È questo il principa...

by Miriam "Mimi" Medina   Micheal is in a competition for this month of March. We are trying to get as many votes as we can to help him reach First Place and remain there. You have heard him sing, you have seen his interviews and have read his bio. Please click the link at Artist Signal and vote to help him win.   CLICK HERE TO VOTE...

Former co-owner of a $120 million private label clothing manufacturing and marketing company, Joseph Pietrafesa, has launched a new sportswear brand called Va Bene Style. Focused on uniquely designed casual sportswear aimed at the upper crust leisure set and centered around the sports of Polo, Yachting, Racing and Equestrian, the new online label w...

In the beginning was the tractor. Surprisingly enough, farm machinery is the forefather of an icon of automotive Made in Italy that has also become a symbol of elegance and strength worldwide: Lamborghini.   The history of one of the most celebrated Italian supercars, which has recently turned 50, begins in the 1960s in the Emilia Romagna re...

There is an Italy which consists of small villages, hidden corners, local traditions, ancient crafts, old practices and, of course, fabulous culinary recipes. The majority of Italians still live in these little "Italys," representing the true soul of our Country. To promote the survival of these "Italys," an innovative tour operator proposes "direc...

In 1942, the FBI began a program to produce and augment fear, distrust and anxiety in Americans of Italian heritage by searching their apartments at night, arresting them without warrants in daytime, keeping them in custody for questioning and examining the parents of sons who were U.S. Army Air Corps officers.   I was witness to such an act...

By Geoff Edgers   I've had some e-mails after our "Why Sinatra Still Matters" piece asking for specific listening recommendations. Easy enough. You really can't go wrong, unless perhaps you pop on the future section of "Trilogy." But let's not restrict ourselves to music. Sinatra was an entertainer who crossed media lines. And his life story...

By Olivia Armstrong   In 1992, Leonardo DiCaprio was preparing to say goodbye to his yearlong gig as dreamy teen heartthrob, Luke Brower, on ABC's Growing Pains when Robert De Niro sought him out. During the casting call of This Boy's Life, Michael Calton-Jones' adaptation of Tobias Wolff's memoir of the same name, De Niro reportedly picked...