Voices in Italian Americana

a literary and cultural review

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Volume 6 Spring 1995 Number 1

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Table of Contents

Guest Spot

Daniela Gioseffi

Introduction

Grace Paley

Stephanie Strickland

Interview

George De Stefano

Bread, Wine, and Soul: Jazzman Joe Lovano

Essays

Ben Lawton

What Is “ItalianAmerican” Cinema

Ernesto Livorni

John Fante: “The Saga of Arturo Bandini”

Ben Morreale

Mafia in America from Alexander Hamilton to Richard Nixon

Fiction

Michelle Alfano

The Last Sicilian

Joseph A. Ciota

Stella Cadente

Poetry

Dennis Barone

Blaise Cirelli

David Citino

Vira De Filippo

Joanne Detore

Luciana Polney

Tom Romano

Francesca Canadé Sautman

Marc Scarcelli

Adriana Suriano

Lenore Baeli Wang

Italian Writing in North America

Ruggero Stefanini

A Costantino Kavafis

Paolo Valesio

Vergogna

Review Essays

Mary Jo Bona

Learning to Speak Doubly: New Poems by Gianna PatXç–â]
and Rose Romano

Salvatore J. LaGumina

What Did Italian Americans Do during the War?

Anthony Julian Tamburri

What is [not] Italian/American about Lena’s Spaghetti?

Reviews

Cassandra Vivian, Vivian Pelini Sansone, and Elizabeth Parigi Vivian. Immigrant’s Kitchen: Italian. (Fred L. Gardaphe)

Valerie Martone and Robert L. Martone, eds. and trans.
Renaissance Comic Tales of Love, Treachery, and Revenge.

(RoseAnna Mueller)

Agnes Rossi. Split Skirt. (Edvige Giunta)

Agnes Rossi. Split Skirt. (Fred L. Gardaphe)

Lola Romanucci-Ross. One Hundred Towers: An Italian
Odyssey of Cultural Survival. (Giovanna P. Del Negro)

Hermann W. Haller. Una lingua perduta e ritrovata.
(Melissa Mangiaracina)

Laura Anna Stortoni and Mary Prentice Lillie, eds. and trans.
Gaspara Stampa. Selected Poems. (Lucia Chiavola
Birnbuam)

Paula DiPerna. The Discoveries of Mrs. Christopher Columbus:
His Wife’s Version. (Mary Russo Demetrick)