Joseph Papaleo (1925–2004) was considered the grandfather of Italian American writing. He was a best-selling author who won the Guggenheim and American Book Award, and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize Award for his short stories collection, Italian Stories. Joseph Papaleo retained a profound sense of inferiority about his Italian identity throughout his career.

From a reading of some of Joseph Papaleo’s writing, Professor Fred Gardaphe will analyze not only the inner conflict between the success and inferiority, but also the influence the Italian American identity has had in the development of the art and life of William Papaleo.

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