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A Young Man’s Futile Flight Toward Freedom

Fred Gardaphe

Literature can still do more than any film to reveal the extremes humanity can handle when facing the obstacles we all face when trying to realize our dreams.

Elena Ferrante Fever

Natasha Lardera

Elena Ferrante is one of the very few recent Italian writers whose fame has reached the U.S., and now the tetralogy, the Neapolitan Novels, has earned an undisputed place in...

Celebrating 10 Years of “Conversazioni”

Roberta Cutillo

It has now been ten years since Antonio Monda and Davide Azzolini held the first edition of their literary festival “Le Conversazioni”, on the beautiful island of Capri. Since...

Italoamericana: Writing for a Cause

Anthony Julian Tamburri

At a time when Italy has transformed itself into a country of arrival, dealing with the issues of social misunderstanding and bigotry that accompany immigration, this anthology...

Ciao Gabo

Giulia Madron

The world says goodbye to one of the most emblematic authors of our time: the Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Eleven Posters for the Year of the Italian Culture

Azzurra Giorgi

Images regarding arts, science, architecture, and other Italian excellencies were presented at the Calandra Institute to celebrate the Italian Heritage. Joseph Sciame opened the...

Food for Thought: Not All Popes Resign for the Same Reasons

Ottorino Cappelli

In an interview with Professor Stanislao Pugliese we review an illustrious precedent to Pope Ratzinger’s resignantion—that of Celestine V, who resigned in 1294. Scorned as a...

The Status of Interpretation in Italian American Studies: Shameless Promotion of My Books, Part II

Jerry Krase

The First Annual Forum in Italian American Criticism was held in Manhattan in 2008 at which internationally renowned scholars were invited to comment on “The Status of...

Adoration for Italy in Emily Dickinson’s Poetry

Daniela Gioseffi*

America’s Most Iconic Poet Saw Italy as Symbolic of Emotional and Artistic Freedom

Ennio Flaiano And His Italy: Postcards From A Changing World

Francesca Giuliani

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò presented the first English essay on Ennio Flaiano, Fellini`s most important screenwriter

Columbia Opens its Doors to Three Italian Literary Promises

Marcello De Marco

On March 23, at the Italian Academy of Columbia University, a conference tried to prove that, at least on some level, young people have to opportunity to succeed in Italy: three...

Francesca Da Rimini: Sensuality and Sin, Passion and Heroism

Marcello De Marco

On February 10, at NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò a conference took place about the mesmerizing heroin from Dante’s Comedy and her travels and metamorphosis through the...

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