The Anthology of Italian-Canadian WritingJoseph Pivato Anthology. Fiction. Poetry. Some translations from Italian and French, edited and with an introduction by Joseph Pivato. The most inclusive collection of its kind in North America, this anthology includes a wide variety of genres, from fiction and poetry to essays, plays, film scripts and memoirs. The more than fifty authors represented come from across Canada and have backgrounds in all regions of Italy. Organized in three sections, Writers from Our Past, Writers for Our Time, and Ironies of Identity, the book presents both published and unpublished excerpts from the work of writers of various ages and literary styles, providing a wide and heterogeneous view of the writing of Canadians of Italian descent. |
Contents
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Writers for OUR TIME | 43 |
GIANNA PATRIARCA STEALING PERSIMMONS | 61 |
MARIA ARDIZZI AMONG THE HILLS AND BEYOND THE SEA | 105 |
ANTONINO MAZZA ECHOES IN THE GARDEN | 113 |
DÔRE MICHELUT COMING TO TERMS WITH | 143 |
PAUL TANA AND BRUNO RAMIREZ SARRASINE | 254 |
F G PACI GROWING UP WITH THE MOVIES | 260 |
FULVIO CACCIA 1989 | 271 |
PENNY PETRONE MAMMA | 281 |
AND FAIRY TALE | 299 |
CARO CANTASANO F M MACRI | 307 |
MARCO MICONE Voiceless PEOPLE AND ADDOLORATA | 324 |
BIANCA ZAGOLIN NOVEMBER CROSSING | 334 |
MICHAEL MIROLLA GIULIO VISITS A FRIEND | 156 |
CAROLE DAVID A LAURA SECORD BOX | 163 |
ROSANNA BATTIGELLI FRANCESCAS WAY | 171 |
LILIANE WELCH HIS LAST VISIT | 179 |
NINO RICCI FOUNTAIN | 215 |
CARMEN LAURENZA ZIOLKOWSKI The Life | 247 |
GEORGE AMABILE SAMMYS IN LOVE | 343 |
MARINO TUZI WRITING THE MINORITY SUBJECT | 360 |
BIOGRAPHIES | 367 |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR ITALIANCANADIAN WRITING | 381 |
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