What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet, wrote Shakespeare, but I’m going to argue with Shakespeare here. As an Italian American from New York, I have enough bravado to do that. A powerful and enduring Southern-Italian tradition is the naming of children …
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IAP10: Tom Santopietro on “The Godfather” trilogy and the effect it had on Italian Americans, including himself
Photo: Joan Marcus In this episode of The Italian American Podcast, we speak with Tom Santopietro, the author of five books: "The Sound of Music Story"; "The Godfather Effect: Changing Hollywood, America, and Me"; "Sinatra in Hollywood"; "Considering Doris Day" (a New York Times Book Review …
The story of us: Italian Americans and The Godfather trilogy
“None of us here want to see our children follow in our footsteps, it’s too hard a life.” ― Mario Puzo, “The Godfather” This line from Puzo’s pop-culture masterpiece is really the immigrant’s anthem – to sacrifice so that your children (and generations afterward) do not have to struggle as you …