Toys of War

Article | Contributor(s): Cristina Pepe

An Excerpt from the Script Loving Crazy

Article | Contributor(s): Theresa Carilli

Le mie radici nel “Soo”

Article | Contributor(s): Rosetta Rosati

Myth & Memory

Article | Contributor(s): Silvia Falsaperla

Il satiro danzante di Mazara e l’antica Morgantina

Article | Contributor(s): Emilio Sarli

Last Supper in Cori

Article | Contributor(s): Pietro Vitelli

Smell of Roses at Night

Article | Contributor(s): Delia De Santis

Michelle Alfano on Her Memoir, The Unfinished Dollhouse

Article | Contributor(s): Liana Cusmano

Liana Cusmano’s interview with Toronto author Michelle Alfano offers reflections on gender identity and living through a child’s transitioning. The act of writing helped Alfano overcome the distress she felt during this difficult time. In her memoir The Unfinished Dollhouse, Michelle Alfano...

A Cross-cultural, Trans-generational Portrait of Italian-Canadians in Adriana Monti’s Two Short Films

Article | Contributor(s): Anna Foschi Ciampolini

Adriana Monti is an Italian-Canadian independent producer, feminist filmmaker and author. She started her career in Italy in the late 1970s by developing a collaborative and experimental style that allowed the women object of her research to take an active and creative role in her films. This...

George Amabile on War, Trauma, the Creative Process, and His Latest Collection Martial Music

Article | Contributor(s): Liana Cusmano

Liana Cusmano’s interview with poet George Amabile focuses on his prize-winning 2018 collection Martial Music and the art of writing in general. He offers insights on the poetic process, how to research and produce a collection of poems. Amabile’s poetry is inspired by what he has experienced or...

Foreword

Article | Contributor(s): Salvatore Bancheri

Preface

Article | Contributor(s): Frank Iacobucci

Introduction

Article | Contributor(s): Gabriel Niccoli

Acknowledgements

Article | Contributor(s): Gabriel Niccoli

Dedica (A nonno Peppino Niccoli)

Article | Contributor(s): Gabriel Niccoli

Figure, usi, e paradossi della nostalgia

Article | Contributor(s): Vito Teti

Appunti su nostos e letteratura (italo-canadese)

Article | Contributor(s): Francesco Loriggio

Nostos, Nostalgia and Italian Migration

Article | Contributor(s): Franc Sturino

The Italian immigrant experience in North America is discussed in relation to the concepts of nostos and nostalgia. The first term, normally referring to the return home from a sea voyage, is discussed comparing the foundational account of nostos, the Odyssey, with the early sojourn phase of...

Nostos and Nineteenth-Century Italian-Canadian Immigration: Mapping the Earliest Latin Quarters

Article | Contributor(s): Roberta Cauchi-Santoro

In this article, I examine the formation of the first Latin Quarter in London (ON) at the end of the nineteenth century, and thus at the dawn of modernity. I analyse how these first (mostly Southern) Italian immigrants attempted to soothe their need for a sense of belonging, how they negotiated...

I movimenti del ritorno nell’esperienza dei migranti italiani in Canada

Article | Contributor(s): Sonia Floriani