Dagoes Read Tradition and the Italian/American Writer

by Gardaphe, Fred L.

• ISBN13: 9781550710311
• ISBN10: 1550710311
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-10-01
• Publisher: Guernica Editions Inc

Summary

Since 1987, writer and critic Fred Gardaphé has regularly reviewed Italian/North American literature in Fra Noi, an Italian/American monthly newspaper based in Chicago. This volume features the best of 'Parole Scritte', his monthly columns. Introduced by an essay from which the collection gets its title, Dagoes Read is the first publication of its kind in the history of Italian/North American literature. It serves as a fine introduction to this literary movement as well as a survey of recent publications by Italian/North Americans. Works reviewed include those by Tony Ardiaone, Dorothy Bryant, Pietro di Donato, John Fante, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Frank Lentricchia, Jay Parini, Diane Raptosh, Gay Talese, Sal LaPuma, and many others.

Author Biography

Fred Gardaphe is Professor of English at Columbia College, Chicago.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 8
Dagoes Read	p. 9
Tradition and the Individual Italian	p. 12
Italian/American Poetry Deserves Better	p. 15
Poetry Helps Ancona Live in Two Worlds	p. 18
Ardizzone Captures Awards	p. 22
Dreams Come True	p. 36
The Immigrant Lives	p. 38
Today's Women	p. 40
Bona Fortuna	p. 44
Out from Garibaldi's Shadow	p. 49
Southern Lights	p. 52
An Intelligence of the Heart	p. 57
Cross-Cultural Lines	p. 60
Sicilian Truth	p. 62
Father Knows Best	p. 67
Border Crossings	p. 69
Paper Fishing	p. 75
Wiseguys Aren't Smart	p. 79
Immigrant Workers and Saints	p. 86
DiStasi's Big on Italian/American Culture	p. 92
Evviva John Fante!	p. 97
One of America's True Bards	p. 100
A Woman for All Seasons	p. 105
Critic Turns Novelist	p. 110
Beyond Bensonhurst	p. 113
La Sorte's La Merica	p. 121
Confessions of a Critic	p. 127
A Journey: From Film to Book	p. 130
Italian/American Folklore	p. 133
Spring's Eternal Hope	p. 136
Where Writing Leads Us	p. 138
The Passion of Sicilians	p. 141
A Reluctant Radical's Truth	p. 145
A Postmodern Virtuoso	p. 150
From Storyteller to Autobiographer	p. 153
The World at Noon	p. 155
Prisoner of Love	p. 158
Morreale Uncovers His Sicilian Roots	p. 161
A Sicilian not by Birth	p. 166
A Novelist Turns to Poetry	p. 168
Mining the Past	p. 175
Not Patriarchal Poetry	p. 182
Legend Fails as Fiction	p. 185
New Generation, New Definitions	p. 187
Literary Missionary	p. 192
Romano Cuts a Bella Figura	p. 194
Holidays on Paper	p. 197
Bye Bye America. Hello Sicily	p. 200
The Gift of One's Self	p. 205
Off the Streets: The New Intellectual	p. 210
An "Amazing" Debut	p. 214
Bensonhurst and Beyond	p. 216
At Bat for Bart	p. 219
The Future of Columbus	p. 224
A Jack of All Trades	p. 226
Bibliography	p. 233
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