by Lavinia Pisani

Growing up in the suburbs of New York City among a big Italian-American community, Professor Vincent J. Cannato has respect for his Italian origins. "My grandfather was born in Sicily and grew up in Calabria and came to America when he was 17.

My grandmother was born on Elizabeth Street in New York City's Little Italy," Cannato writes during our email interview. Cannato is half-Italian, as well as his wife and children. "Italian-American culture– the food, the music, the general attitude toward life– is something that is an important part of who I am," Cannato writes.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano