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Passeggiando per il centro di Firenze!

So, I am sitting here at 8:55 am in Rome wading through the Internet checking out some IA organizations. I just came across the new IACRL [By the way, there is a bit of a chat going on here about it with Bob O and Stephen C], which has the same logo and brags of being the "new" version of Joey Colombo's IACRL. Now, that's a whole different story, especially because (and some what unrelated points) there is an already existent IACRL that has the same logo and is much more inter-ethnic, and this recently revived one is, or so it seems, founded by Roger Stone and company and very much tied to Trump! But that is not my point here.

As I was reading this 'new' IACRL website, I found the following sentence: "The greatest American import of the 20th century were Italian-American immigrants." Now, I ask you, what in heaven's name — not to offend anyone with WTF — is an "Italian-American immigrant"? I know, I know, save your typing.

Basically, these are people who want to tell everyone else [Scalawags anyone? Stay tuned!] what Italian America is all about, and yet have such a piss-poor knowledge of their own language — let alone their history — that they do not even know how to label the Italian immigrant who has come to the United States.

What I am pointing out here is not differences in thought nor rhetorical theories; this is basic knowledge of the English language and lexicon beyond the requisite functionality in order to be able to "stare al mondo" in an intelligent manner.

And so to these who celebrate "our culture, while vehemently defending our history," yet cannot articulate it in any acceptable manner, I say, go back to first-year college English and learn the difference between Italian and Italian-American, and then we can chat...

Now, pardon my closing here, but "What the f@ck!"

Heading to Rome later today....

First Friday Book Talk & Reading with Anna Monardo
Author of "After Italy: A Family Memoir of Arranged Marriage"

Date: Friday, August 2, 2024
Time: 12 pm CENTRAL TIME
Format: Zoom

Registration required

"This beautifully written story of three generations of marriage is a page-turner. Monardo's honest and reflective memoir reveals intergenerational patterns as intricate as Italian lace. This family story has something to teach us all." - Mary Pipher, A Life in Light and Reviving Ophelia

RSVP to see Anna Monardo online as part of First Fridays for Larksong Writers Place: https://larksongwritersplace.org/Events/Online-Events/c/online-events

📚Can’t make the reading, but want to enjoy the writing of Anna Monardo, order “After Italy” from Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/after-italy-a-family-memoir-of-arranged-marriage-anna-monardo/21171066?aid=32433&ean=9781599542164&listref=via-folios&

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Abel Ferrara Writing Book About “All The Crazy Sh*t In This Business”; Talks Next Feature, AI & More – Taormina Alongside prepping to shoot his next feature, American Nails, filmmaker Abel Ferrara is working on a book about his time in the industry

Pair this collection of poems from Pascal D'Angelo with "God of New York," a fictionalized account of his life, and VIA 32.1 with a special section on D'Angelo, featuring a selection of his poetry and three critical essays.

📌God of New York: https://shop.lightningsource.com/b/085?VfbnBeNCxEr0R3y2ZOrcuoNzy9mO9CeTRmDErqz03ax

📌VIA 32.1: https://shop.lightningsource.com/b/085?5SnaaMrYXh7ApagZyPUUVL8X4cM4TZB1DUNtOkSrZua

Visto si stampi!

E mai come questa volta l’emozione è tanta. Perché oggi in tipografia ci va un volumetto prezioso, che nasce a cento anni dalla prima pubblicazione dell’autobiografia “Son of Italy”, e rappresenta il lascito poetico di Pascal D'Angelo poeta da Introdacqua a New York, che trova qui nuova vita grazie alla traduzione di Mariagiorgia Ulbar e, soprattutto, grazie al prezioso lavoro di ricerca di Massimo Tardio, cultore della storia dell’emigrazione abruzzese e animatore della D’Angelo’s House di Introdacqua, che da trent’anni segue le tracce di quello che la critica dei giornali americani definì the pick and shovel poet, il poeta del piccone e della pala.

Le 34 poesie raccolte (di cui alcune ancora inedite il Italia) saranno disponibili in libreria dal 16 luglio, ma come sempre sono già preordinabili sul nostro sito (il link è al primo commento).

La copertina e il progetto grafico, ça va sans dire, sono di Zoedesign. Lo spazio creativo di Andrea Padovani, ma stavolta c’è anche lo zampino dell’artista abruzzese Daniela d’Arielli che ha messo a disposizione la sua opera, fotografata da Paolo Iammarone e “postprodotta” da Alessandro Antonelli.

Uno splendido lavoro collettivo che ci onoriamo di aver portato a termine, così da poter regalare agli amanti di Pascal D’Angelo una gemma preziosa da custodire nella sua memoria.

Celebrate with a copy of “Man, Beast, and Virtue”!

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"Whatever is a reality today is going to be an illusion tomorrow." - "La realtà d’oggi è destinata a scoprirsi illusione di domani."
Today we celebrate the 157th anniversary of the author of these famous words, Italy's Luigi Pirandello, 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Se è vero che "gli italiani nel mondo rappresentano una grande ricchezza per il paese di accoglimento ... e per quello di origine," come mai degli esponenti di tutti questi italiani nel mondo non vengono invitati a partecipare ai convegni sul tale argomento? Mi pare che gli italiani in Italia che si occupano di queste tematiche si parlino fra di loro. Forse mi sbaglio...

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Some exciting news!

Bordighera Press is now being distributed by Asterism Books, and our books are slowly being added to their database and warehouses.

Follow along with us here: https://asterismbooks.com/publisher/bordighera-press

Not as we originally intended for our spring releases to be rolled out, but better later than never!

Read our June 2024 newsletter to find out about the fallout of SPD, our complete Spring 2024 catalog, and summer open reading period: https://conta.cc/48pO40I

Queens College graduation. May 30, 2024.