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The Sopranos

Mafia Movies: A Reader

Luca Delbello

A new book collects several essays, coming from the Italian and the Italian American academic world, in order for a greater understanding of the mafia phenomenon as seen through...

Anti-defamation, a Punch Line

Joey Skee

Something Funny about Somewhere.

An American with an Italian Name. Hindrance or Advantage?

Darrell Fusaro

Most Italian-Italians, the ones from Italy, that is, always seem to be curious as to how we Italian-Americans are perceived by others in America. With all the news they’ve...

Fear and (Self-) Loathing in Italian America

Joey Skee

The Specter of the Gavon Haunts the Prominenti.

An Italian Kitchen in Gramercy

Marina Melchionda

Interview with Michele Scicolone, an Italian-American very successful cookbook writer, and i-Italy's Food and Wine Editor. Discover more about her latest book "The Italian Slow...

Mafiaman…Could This Be the End?

Fred Gardaphe

Mafia Man, constructed by non-Italians, was refined by Italian American writers and filmmakers, and then imitated ad nauseum. But what’s stronger the facts or the fiction about...

Uncovering My Mafia Roots

Joey Skee

What do you do when you discover an unsavory fact from your family history?

Decidedly Not Italian Enough

Joey Skee

Some thoughts on why I chose to remain silent and why I now think it's worth a blog post, thanks to Anthony Tamburri.

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