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Come eravamo noi italiani quando "Lamerica" si scriveva senza apostrofi e il miraggio di una vita dignitosa si concretizzava al di là dell'Atlantico. Milioni di persone, di molte regioni italiane, scelsero il Nuovo Mondo per un progetto di vita, per vivere meglio, per costruire un futuro.   Oltre 500 fotografie inedite da cui riemergono rico...

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Michele Scicolone's first memories of visiting Italy are of the vegetable gardens. Artichokes, peppers and zucchini grew everywhere, even in the highway medians. She was just a child, but that indelible memory has brought her full circle. She's returned to Italy year after year, exploring the regional foods, teaching classes and leading culinary t...

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Nancy Carnevale è una professoressa associata di storia alla Montclair State University del New Jersey. Nel 2010 si è aggiudicata l'American Book Award con il libro "A New Language, A New World: Italian Immigrants In the United States, 1890-1945" [Una nuova lingua, un nuovo mondo: immigrati italiani negli Stati Uniti 1890-1945 N.d.T.] pubblicato d...

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Contributors are needed for Italian-Americans: A History and Culture of a People, a historical reference book scheduled to be published by ABC-CLIO.   The book will be comprised of about 160 entries on various topics pertaining to Italian-American history and culture divided into five areas: I. Patterns of emigration: Urban and rural settlem...

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by Maureen Corrigan   If you don't know Elena Ferrante — and judging by conversations I've had, many readers still don't know her books — it's partly because Ferrante herself doesn't want to be known.   "I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors," Ferrante declared in a letter to her publisher in 199...

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James Ring, author of the 5-star terrorist thriller Necessary Assets, has shifted genres with his second book, 784 Broadway, where he brings to life his immigrant Italian heritage by recounting summer visits to his family's small greengrocer store in New York's Hudson Valley. Ring's stories, rich with humor and wisdom, span nearly three decade...

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Il decano del CGIE e storico esponente del CTIM, Enzo Centofanti ha scritto un libro per raccontare i suoi primi (quasi) 90 anni. Lo segnala il quotidiano on line "L'Italiano". Nato in Abruzzo nel 1923, viveva con la famiglia in Etiopia quando gli inglesi occuparono Addis Abeba e rinchiusero lui ed il fratello Giuseppe in un campo di concentramento...

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The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute Andrea Raos is pleased to invite you to "Don Camillo and Peppone, Two Emilio-Romagnans in the Little World of Giovannino Guareschi"Monday, July 14th - 6:00 pm - Italian Cultural Institute   The following speakers will participate: Andrea Raos, Director of the Italian Cultural Institut...

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November 20 (Thursday) 4:00 pmFrom Italy: Poems and Beauty from the Heart of ItalyPresentation by Poet Francesco Paolo Tanzi, from Molise Italy. Offered in collaboration with The Gradiva International Poetry Society. For additional and updated program information consult the Center for Italian Studies web site: www.stonybrook.edu/italianstudiesor c...

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When: February 14th at 6pmWhat: The Pastoral: Underneath the Surface of Idyll, advice Journey in the Landscape of Italian Art, click Despite appearances, in art, a landscape is never just a backdropWhere: Italian Cultural Institute, 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450, Chicago, ILRegistration at https://landscape-pastoral.eventbrite.com   The...

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