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Arthur Cola, an educator for thirty-five years, has completed his new book, “Vivi's War”: a fascinating historical fiction that follows a young Italian boy who, along with his best friend, gets swept up into a mission to remove Mussolini from power and help Italy oppose to oppressive hand of the Axis powers nearing the end of World War II.Born in t...

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Around 186 BCE, a former slave turned courtesan named Hispala Faecenia fell in love with a young upper-middle class Roman man named Publius Aebutius. Then she learned his mother and stepfather planned to have Aebutius initiated into the Mysteries of Bacchus, a religious cult that, legend holds, featured drunken orgies and frenzied women tearing you...

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Palgrave MacMillan, a leading academic publisher, has announced the release of their latest book, "Italy in the American Imagination." This timely and thought-provoking book delves into the complex relationship between Italy and the United States, exploring how Italy has been portrayed and perceived in the American imagination.Written by renowned h...

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Dear friends, the year ends as many things scheduled for 2024 overlap with the last things for 2023. For We the Italians, the year ended with participation in a prestigious conference entitled "Cultura ed identità delle comunità italiane all’estero: tra Turismo delle Radici ed internazionalizzazione del Sistema Paese." The event was organized in be...

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The Treccani Institute for the Italian Encyclopedia –one of the most prestigious Italian cultural institutions - published in November 2023 the Italian edition of the book "The Italian Legacy in Philadelphia: History, Culture, People and Ideas," edited by Andrea Canepari and Judith Goode. The U.S. edition of the book was published by Temple Univers...

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The Christmas Gift (Il Dono di Natale) is a book written in 1930 by the Italian (Sardinian) author Grazia Deledda (1871 - 1936). She studied literature on her own and started writing when she was very young following the inspiration provided by Sardinian peasants and their struggles. One of the features of her work was the presence of a strong conn...

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Nothing could have been more enjoyable and inspiring than spending a recent Sunday evening listening to the multi-talented and engaging singer, actor, and storyteller Lou Del Bianco discuss his book "Out of Rushmore's Shadow" – a fascinating story about his grandfather Luigi Del Bianco's legacy and immigrant struggle. The book traces Luigi's life a...

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A cookbook author wlll combine a signing of her work with a shopping benefit for Toys for Tots next week in Huntington, NY. Dena Fenza will be signing copies of her new interactive cookbook, My Italian American Table, at Towne Boutique at 255 Main St., Huntington, on Thursday. The event will include time to shop in the boutique, with 10 percent of...

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"Italian Culture in America: The Immigrants" describes the nationwide anti-Italian discrimination, and often violent retribution, experienced by millions of immigrants during the formative years of an industrializing United States, from 1880 to 1930. This carefully presented work reveals the presence of Italian culture provided by hardworking, fami...

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Sports radio broadcasting icon Angelo Cataldi has written a book. It's called "Loud: How a Shy Nerd Came to Philadelphia and Turned Up The Volume in the Most Passionate Sports City in America." Over three decades behind the mic, Cataldi made many friends and enemies. He challenged sports figures on his daily show and reflects on all of it in his ne...

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