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Don't tell mama!: the Penguin book of Italian American writing
Publisher
Penguin Books
Publication Date
2002
Language
English
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Introduction: Why Don't Tell Mama! The Penguin Book of Italian American Writing?
Explanatory Notes and Caveats to the Introduction / Hugo Barreca
From Under the Rose: A Confession / Flavia Alaya and Carol Bonomo Albright
"Introduction to Rocchietti's Lorenzo and Oonalaska"
Selections, Lorenzo and Oonalaska (1835) / Elvira Di Fabio
"Sinatra's 'Associations' with the Mob" / George Anastasia
"Holy Cards" / Tony Ardizzone
From Wish You Well / David Baldacci
"Buried Alive by Language"
From Umbertina
"Classic and Good" / Helen Barolini
"My Grandmother, A Chicken, and Death" / Regina Barreca
"My Life in Funeral Parlors" / Joy Behar
From Claiming a Tradition: Italian American Women Writers / Mary Jo Bona
From Miss Giardino / Dorothy Bryant
"Story of My Weight" / Anne Calcagno
"Careless Love: How Women Get to Hell" / Phyllis Capello
From "Macaronis" / Nancy Caronia
"Grandmother" / Grace Cavalieri
From A Bridge of Leaves / Diana Cavallo
"Ossi Dei Morti"
"Small Acts" / Thomas Centolella
"True or False"
"Useless Knowledge"
"The Evil Eye"
"In Place of a Curse"
"On Flunking a Nice Boy out of School"
"Statement" / John Ciardi
"Lifelines" / Rita Ciresi
"Ellis Island" / Robert Corrente
"Youthful Religious Experiences" / Gregory Corso
"Poverty of Language"
"Infidel" / Peter Covino
From Family Honor: An American Life / George Cuomo
"The First Night of the Wake" / Joseph Cuomo
From Underworld / Don DeLillo
From Leaven of the Pharisees: The Dark Side of Italian-American Life / Lina del Tinto Demarsky
"I study Italian"
"I stash treasures" / Mary Russo Demetrick
From Paper Fish / Tina De Rosa
From Vertigo: A Memoir
From Breathless / Louise DeSalvo
From "Ars Longa, Vita brevis?" / Carole DeSanti
From Tender Warriors / Rachel Guido deVries
From Christ in Concrete / Pietro di Donato
"The Depot"
"Sabbioneta to Parma" / W. S. Di Piero
From Recollections of My Life as a Woman / Diane di Prima
From The Brotherhood of the Grape
"Hail Mary"
From Wait Until Spring, Bandini / John Fante
"The Old Italians Dying" / Lawrence Ferlinghetti
From The Family of Max Desir / Robert Ferro
From A Perfect Time for Butterflies / Camille Lavieri Forman
From Tree of Dark Reflection / Rocco Fumento
From Blood of My Blood: The Dilemma of the Italian-Americans / Richard Gambino
From The Italian-American Writer: An Essay and an Annotated Checklist / Fred Gardaphe
"The Tidal Wave"
"Mafioso"
"Tailors" / Sandra M. Gilbert
"Opening the Door: 19th Street, Paterson"
"Secrets" / Maria Mazziotti Gillan
"Cleared Away"
"Money"
"Planting a Sequoia" / Dana Gioia
"For Grandma Lucia La Rosa, 'Light the Rose'"
"American Sonnets for My Father"
"Woman with Tongue Sculpted in Cheek" / Daniela Gioseffi
"Anniversary I" / Arturo Giovannitti
"Litania for My Mother's Hands" / Edvige Giunta
From "MANAYUNK: Growing Up in Philadelphia During and After the War" / John Glavin
"Godfather II: Of Families and families"
From An Accidental Autobiography / Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
"Who Will Mary You Now?" / Josephine Gattuso Hendin
"The Discourse of un'Propria Paparone" / Joanna Clapps Herman
From The Paper Dragon
From The Blackboard Jungle
From "The Kiss" / Evan Hunter
From Ulysses in Traction / Albert Innaurato
"After Victory" / Marisa Labozetta
"Food and Fatalism" / Wally Lamb
From The Grand Gennaro / Garibaldi M. Lapolla
"Wear It in Good Health"
"First Cousins" / Salvatore La Puma
From "Words" / Maria Laurino and Jay Leno
From Leading with my Chin / Bill Zehme
From "Sitdown at the Heartland Hotel" / Frank Lentricchia
From Mount Allegro / Jerre Mangione and Jerre Mangione
From La Storia: Five Centuries of the Italian American Experience / Ben Morreale
"Your Children Are Your Children, but Your Wife Is Just a Good Cigar" / Mary Ann Mannino
"Duet"
"Show & Tell"
"The Old Men Are Dying" / Paul Mariani
"The Lion's Head"
"Friend" / Carole Maso
From "The Virgin's Nose" (or Picking Up a Piece of the Pieta) / Christine Palamidessi Moore
From The Loss of the Miraculous / Ben Morreale
From We Ride a White Donkey
From Via Madison Avenue! / George Panetta
From Dances with Luigi: A Grandson's Determined Quest to Comprehend Italy and the Italians / Paul Paolicelli
"The Shylock's Wedding" / Joseph Papaleo
"Grandmother in Heaven"
"1913"
"The Miner's Wake"
"Ida Parini (1890-1976)"
From The Apprentice Lover / Jay Parini
"Someday I Will Read 'Dover Beach'"
"Perfect Love" / Gianna Patriarca
From "The Movies" / Sadie Penzato
"Canticle from the Book of Bob"
"Lost Innocence of the Potato Givers"
"Long Time Too Long" / Lucia Perillo
From The Godfather
From The Fortunate Pilgrim / Mario Puzo
"Dedicated to an Old Friend Whose Kindness I Shall Never Forget" / Ross Quiello
From Benedetta in Guysterland: A Liquid Novel / Giose Rimanelli
From Everything and a Kite / Ray Romano
From The Quick / Agnes Rossi
"Video Blues" / Mary Jo Salter
From "Ravioli and Rage" / Mary Saracino
From Huddle Fever: Living in the Immigrant City / Jeanne Schinto
"How to Marry an Italian-American Man" / Chris Mellie Sherman
"The Veteran" / Felix Stefanile
From Unto the Sons / Gay Talese
From Like Lesser Gods / Mari Tomasi
"Failed Fathers" / Lewis Turco
"The Widows"
"Song of the Castrato" / Anthony Valerio and L. D. Ventura
From Misfits and Remnants / S. Shevitch
From Astoria / Robert Viscusi
From A Cup of the Sun.
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