Our Roots Are Deep With Passion
In the twenty-one nonfiction narratives anthologized in Our Roots are Deep with Passion, established and emerging writers reflect on the ways that their lives have been accented with uniquely Italian American flavors. The pieces are as varied as their authors, but all explore the distinctive intersection of language, tradition, cuisine, and culture that characterize the diverse experience of Americans of Italian heritage. Creative Nonfiction Editor Lee Gutkind sums it up when he writes, “this collection is simultaneously sweet and explosive and, perhaps because of that, irrepressibly inspiring.”
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction: The Evolution of an Anthology, and the Living Tissue of Passion
‘Mbriago
Words and Rags
These Innocent Lambs
The Walls of Gela
I Denti Famiglia
Sacrifice
My Father’s Music
Washington Square
The Names of Horses
Dagos in Mayberry
I Heard You the First Time, Daddy
Bitter Herbs?
St. Sebastian in Boston
Daughters of Mongrassano
Allium Longicuspis
Jealousy, or The Autobiography of an Italian Woman
Il Pasto Che Parla
Selling the House
Italian American: The Next Generation
Mama, Che Cosa Vuoi Che Faccio?
Italian Bride
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| Weight | 4 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 8.5 × 5.5 × 0.75 in |
