Dear Subscirbers, We are very pleased to announce that we have entered into a contract with the University of Illinois Press (UIP), which will now be publishing Italian Americana. The University of Loyola Chicago will continue to be the journal’s editorial home, while UIP will assume responsibility for its administration and production. As is typical …
Dear Subscribers and Future Contributors, We are moving to the University of Illinois Press (UIP) Website! To access it, CLICK HERE! All information related to Italian Americana and its operations, including instructions on how to submit material, can be found on the new website. In addition, subscribers will be able to request a new subscription …
Congratulations to poets Martha Silano and Sharon Chardefor poems that we’ve nominated for the 2022 Pushcart Prize!
We are currently accepting submissions of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction (including personal essays and works of memoir) for our Winter 2024 issue. Our deadline for consideration is May 30, 2023. Please click on the “Author’s Guidelines” tab on the top menu for complete instructions on how to forward us your work.
We are seeking poems and works of short fiction and creative nonfiction, on any subject and in any style, by writers of Italian heritage on either side. Since 1977, we’ve published authors including Kim Addonizio, Rita Ciresi, Clare Rossini, Ned Balbo, Sandra Gilbert, and Peter Covino. Fiction and creative nonfiction also welcome. Deadline for Summer 2024 …
Table of Contents Letter from the Editor 107 Notes on Contributors 111 Articles “That’s Your Uncle? He’s White!” “Yeah, A Long Time”: Negotiating Whiteness in the Rocky/Creed Series Stephen Hock 117 White Ethnic Racial Backlash and Black Millennial Counter-narrative: Intersections of Race and Masculinity in Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Series and Ryan Kyle Coogler’s Creed Jessica …
Table of Contents Letter from the Editor 1 Notes on Contributors 3 Articles A Calabrian in Minnesota: The Tales of James Mancina Matthew Reza 9 Dual US-Italian Citizenship: New World Italians Come Full Circle Susan Perri 29 Interviews Stephen Sartarelli Carla Simonini 45 Poetry Ned Balbo Essay, “The Song I Sing and the Book I …
Table of Contents Letter from the Editor1 Notes on Contributors3 Articles Memories of Work and Definition of Community: The Making of Italian Americans in the Mahoning Valley/ Donna M.DeBlasio & Martha I. Pallante9 Opera as a Nationalistic Weapon: The Erection of the Monument to Giuseppe Verdi in New York City/ Stefano Luconi37 Poetry Featured Poet …
Table of Contents Letter from the Editor123 Notes on Contributors127 Articles Il Cittadino on Fascism: The Response of the Greater Youngstown, OH Italian Americana Community to Mussolini’s Rise to Power/ Ryan Antonucci133 Fictionalizing Carlo Tresca: Jerre Mangione’s Night Search/ Francesca de Lucia143 Dangers in Imagining Italy and Italians: John Fante’s Fantasy and Films/ Dennis Barone151 …
Table of Contents Letter from the Editor1 Notes on Contributors5 Articles Protection of Italian Laborers on U.S. Soil:Proposals of a Federal Anti-Lynching Law and Relations Between Italy and the United States/ Patrizia Fama Stahle11 Alien Enemy M68-279: The Unresolved Case of Vincenzo Beltrone/ Roslyn Bernstein27 Poetry Featured Poet Anne Marie Macari, Essay: Beginnings39 Train41 Alligator42 …