Photos courtesy of Kathy McCabe, left. In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we speak with Kathy McCabe, host and executive producer of the travel series "Dream of Italy," showing on PBS stations around the U.S. through spring 2017. The television series is inspired by the award-winning …
IAP 08: Were You Always an Italian? Maria Laurino on History, Identity, and Stereotypes
In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we speak to author Maria Laurino, who has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, and whose essays are widely anthologized. Her first memoir, Were You Always an Italian?, (W.W. Norton, 2000) was a national bestseller and …
Choice and loss. The Italian-American experience.
Lately, Anthony and I have been preoccupied with Roseto, Pennsylvania. Maybe it’s because we recently spent time with bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, who grew up in Roseto; or maybe because we recently spoke with Maria Laurino, author of “The Italian Americans,” the companion book to the …