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The Key to Great Story Telling. Thanks to Alphonso D'Abruzzo (aka Alan Alda)

Darrell Fusaro

Although I'm not a huge Alan Alda fan I do know he lives in New Jersey and his real name is Alphonso D'Abruzzo. Since he and I had the Italian New Jersey connection I was curious...

Bologna 1977

Joey Skee

Images and sounds from an extraordinary time.

What’s his name?! What’s his name?!

Joey Skee

Italian-American naming traditions of abandonment, reclamation, nicknaming, and forgetting.

Blogging Obama

Laura E. Ruberto

Passing impressions from California, written at midnight on Election Night.

Backyard Figs from Brooklyn

Joey Skee

In which this blogger says nothing more profound than he really, really likes figs.

Sending a Telegram to the Pope

Joey Skee

Power, Humor, and the Triumph of the Lower Bodily Stratum.

Staten Island Dojo Wars

Marc Edward DiPaolo

As a new black-belt, I faced opposition from fellow students who remembered me "when." But how does one defeat insubordination?

Belmar: The Boys are Back in Town

Marc Edward DiPaolo

Welcome to Belmar, NJ. Site of one of the worst, and most transformative, weekends of my life.

Watching Mob Movies with my Fourteen-Year-Old Son

Joey Skee

A “teachable moment” about mafia realties and representations.

Watching “Serpico” with my Thirteen-Year-Old Son

Joey Skee

Musings on heroes, role models, and the Italian-American imaginative

Marc as College Professor: Year Two

Marc Edward DiPaolo

What do college professors do with their time? Here's what I did, during my early years in a full-time, tenure track job.

What Do College Professors Do, Anyway?

Marc Edward DiPaolo

So I have to write a self-evaluation every January to track my progress as a college professor and academic. This is what I wrote (in 2005) after my first semester as a full-time,...

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