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Informationen zum Autor Regina Barreca is a professor of English and feminist theory at the University of Connecticut. She is the editor of seven books, including The Penguin Book of Women's Humor , and the author of four others. She writes frequently for the New York Times , Chicago Tribune , and the Hartford Courant . Klappentext This important collection reveals as never before the quality, extent, and variety of the Italian American contribution to American literature. Bringing together fiction and poetry as well as academic essays and newspaper articles from the 1800s to the present, this volume covers a wide field of cultural experience. Including many previously unpublished pieces as well as classic works, and enhanced by an insightful and entertaining introduction by Regina Barreca, Don't Tell Mama highlights both the unity and the diversity of the Italian American experience. Zusammenfassung This important collection reveals as never before the quality! extent! and variety of the Italian American contribution to American literature. Bringing together fiction and poetry as well as academic essays and newspaper articles from the 1800s to the present! this volume covers a wide field of cultural experience. Including many previously unpublished pieces as well as classic works! and enhanced by an insightful and entertaining introduction by Regina Barreca! Don't Tell Mama highlights both the unity and the diversity of the Italian American experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Don't Tell Mama! - Edited by Regina Barreca Introduction: Why Don't Tell Mama! The Penguin Book of Italian American Writing ? Explanatory Notes and Caveats to the Introduction, by Hugo Barreca Flavia Alaya From Under the Rose: A Confession Carol Bonomo Albright and Elvira Di Fabio "Introduction to Rocchietti's Lorenzo and Oonalaska " Selections, Lorenzo and Oonalaska (1835) George Anastasia "Sinatra's 'Associations' with the Mob" Tony Ardizzone "Holy Cards," from Taking It Home: Stories from the Neighborhood David Baldacci From Wish You Well Helen Barolini "Buried Alive by Language," from Chiaroscuro: Essays of Identity From Umbertina "Classic and Good," from More Italian Hours and Other Stories Regina Barreca "My Grandmother, a Chicken, and Death," from Too Much of a Good Thing Is Wonderful Joy Behar "My Life in Funeral Parlors," from Joy Shtick: Or What Is the Existential Vacuum and Does It Come with Attachments? Mary Jo Bona From Claiming a Tradition: Italian American Women Writers Dorothy Bryant From Miss Giardino Anne Calcagno "Story of My Weight," from Pray for Yourself and Other Stories Phyllis Capello "Careless Love: How Women Get to Hell" Nancy Caronia From "Macaronis," from Paper Napkins Grace Cavalieri "Grandmother," from Poems: New and Selected Diana Cavallo From A Bridge of Leaves Thomas Centolella "Ossi Dei Morti," from Terra Firma "Small Acts," from Terra Firma John Ciardi "True or False," from The Birds of Pompeii "Useless Knowledge," from The Birds of Pompeii "The Evil Eye," from The Collected Poems of John Ciardi "In Place of a Curse," from The Collected Poems of John Ciardi "On Flunking a Nice Boy Out of School," from The Collected Poems of John Ciardi "Statement," from The Collected Poems of John Ciardi Rita Ciresi "Lifelines," from Mother Rocket Robert Corrente "Ellis Island" Gregory Corso "Youthful Religious Experiences," from Herald of the Autochtonic Spirit" Peter Covino ...
