Keep No Secrets: The Art of Discrimination Against the Italian American Perception

Conversations through email and blogs have reminded me several times by now that discrimination against Italian Americans is an issue. I think there are many more people out there who feel the same way but have been reluctant to bring this up, much the way they felt about the injustice that Italian Americans faced during World [...]

Italian American Anti-Defamation Group Demands Suspension of NBC Sportscaster Johnny Miller

Press Release from Order Sons of Italy in America 
Washington, DC– June 19, 2008 The Commission for Social Justice (CSJ), the anti- defamation arm of the Order Sons of Italy in America, the nation’s biggest Italian American organization, is demanding an on-air apology and the suspension of NBC’s lead golf analyst Johnny Miller after discriminatory statements [...]

Lawrence DiStasi Interview, Part I of III

I spoke with Lawrence DiStasi in July 2004 about his book, “Una Storia Segreta: The Secret History of Italian American Evacuation and Internment during World War II.” I was simply amazed that the United States Government was so distrustful of the Italian American community during this period. It’s true that Mussolini [...]

Italian American Heritage Foundation Celebrates Italy’s 62nd Festa della Repubblica–Florence Commission Makes Appearance Along With Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors

The Italian American Heritage Foundation held a luncheon on June 5th to celebrate the Festa della Repubblica, the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the Italian Republic, which was founded on June 2, 1946. In the 62 years since Italy voted to replace the monarchy of the House of Savoy with a parliamentary republic, there [...]

The Poetry of Kim Addonizio and Susan Browne: Part I

 
 
 

Poets Kim Addonizio and Susan Browne talk with Frederick W. Marrazzo about the glory of poetry and their CD “Swearing, Smoking, Drinking and Kissing” which combines music with poetry. 
A Poem by Kim Addonizio: Generations
(From the collection “Tell Me, poems by Kim Addonizio”, BOA Editions LTD, Rochester, NY, 2000)
Somewhere a shop [...]