Bordighera Press

This collection of essays contributes to the fundamental mission of the Mediterranean Centre for Intercultural Studies-founded in 2012 and located in Erice-with the specifi c goal of creating a...

Poems that fall into the canon somewhere between personal and pastoral, that draw the reader to challenge her ideas about what creates a voice, how nature connects to our senses, to our being.Author:...

The reflections that are here published represent the synthesis of ILICA's mission: 'More reality and less rhetoric.' Civilization and culture flourish in well-defined cycles, and Italians have a...

Author: Anthony Julian Tamburri, Antonio C. VittiPublisher: Bordighera PressPublication Date: Nov 10, 2020Number of Pages: 218 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1599541718ISBN-13:...

"Migrating Words" explores the multifaceted, and very complex phenomenon of Italian emigration literature. This experience represents an important component both in the history of Italian literature,...

Poetry. Art. Religion and Spirituality. Italian Studies. MISSING MADONNAS begins with the lunar arrival of its author, Gil Fagiani, who throughout this collection explores mythical Madonnas, nonnas,...

Moustache Pete Is Dead!Author: Fred L. GardaphPublisher: Bordighera PressPublication Date: Sep 01, 2010Number of Pages: 132 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1599540223ISBN-13: 9781599540221

Few places in the United States provide the goldmine of diversity found in South Florida, and what better place to look at race relations - past and present - from a variety of cultural perspectives...

The three Sicilies of Joseph Amato's unusual and finely crafted book can be counted, according to its table of contents, as those of fiction, poetry, and social and family history. But they can also...

"In her unique, rhapsodic way, Maria Fam? transmits history, both past and present, in her poetry. Bringing a modern touch to traditional storytelling, she gives voice to memory in the beat of our...

No Day, No Dusk, No LoveAuthor: Carla PancieraPublisher: Bordighera PressPublication Date: Nov 01, 2010Number of Pages: 110 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 1599540231ISBN-13:...

Poetry. Bilingual Edition. Translated from English into Italian by Luigi Bonaffini. Carla Panciera's NO DAY, NO DUSK, NO LOVE has everything: every poem is consistently excellent. These are mostly...

One of Alain Elkann's most intimate books, this is a story told through diary entries that lovingly and demurely investigate his mother's illness and death. From the warning signs of illness to the...

This collection of flash pieces--glimpses, really--are stories built around encounters and artifacts of my Italian American, South Jersey childhood.--Page 4.Author: Kathy CurtoPublisher: Bordighera...

Fiction. ONLY SONS begins at an Italian-American wedding in the 1960s and reaches into the new millennium through the story of two families, the Salvaggis and Maresciallos, living near each other in...

Our Lively Kingdom" is a poetry collection in four parts, navigating love, children, art, and death. It is poetry of life lived: "and the day begins again, un-remembering and un-making//that which...

Our Naked Lives: Essays from Gay Italian American Men includes essays by Michael Carosone, John D'Emilio, Charles Derry, George De Stefano, Joseph A. Federico, Joseph Anthony LoGiudice, Michael...

Pasquale Stiso'S True Story And Other Works: A Critical Introduction And Bilingual EditionAuthor: Pasquale StisoPublisher: Bordighera PressPublication Date: Dec 14, 2021Number of Pages: 108...

Years have passed since the Capaci and Via d'Amelio massacres, where the Sicilian judges Falcone and Borsellino were brutally assassinated by the Mafia. The presence of the Mafia continues to be...

Silvana La Spina gives voice to Penelope and provides her with an apt forum to narrate her story of abuse and manipulation - despite her royal status. As other queens, from Mary Stuart to Marie...

These short lucid poems describe the opportunities and challenges of an Italian-American family facing a new country and a modern lifestyle. Although the poet writes from a distinct, personal, and...

Since the 1960s Daniela Gioseffi has been an irrepressible and unforgettable voice in many of the key debates in American culture. Her... advocacy has given a special validity to her work in the...

Lorenzo Del Boca's "Polentoni" is a northerner's response to Pino Aprile's "Terroni." Both books add to the animated, century-old debate on the North-South question in Italy.Author: Lorenzo Del...

Praise for Mark Ciabattari's Rizzoli saga: ""With unerring irony, Ciabattari paints a shimmering, disorienting world in which the lines between dreams and reality are systematically skewed."...

The large majority of the twenty million Italian Americans are law-abiding, hard-working, and accomplished. Yet the image of Italian Americans is often distorted by stereotypes portrayed in popular...

Fiction. Italian Studies. In the spirit of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan stories, PUZZLE follows a young couple during Italy's infamous period known as the "Anni di Piombo," or "Years of Lead."...

Literary Nonfiction. Art. A collection of essays that originated from a symposium of scholars in the United States that speak to Giose Rimanelli's literary contributions since his arrival in the...

Part one of "Re-viewing Italian Americana" constitutes a look back at one of the two more popular fora of Italian Americana, especially part one, which rehearses a brief history of the representation...

Kento's memoir Resistance rap is a sort of literary road movie, an episodic travelogue mapping the author's journey as an Italian rapper and political activist.--Page 1.Author: Francesco "Kento"...

Liteary Nonfiction. Memoir. In these interconnected stories, Zweig takes readers on a journey deep into the every day life of Naples in the 1960s Naples, the birthplace of his mother, the home of his...