Book Corner - Italian-American Authors
Interested in reading a good book by some Italian-American authors? Here's the place to look for a book that may intrigue you.
Italian American Press
The Italian American Press promotes self-published Italian American Books. Ralph Ferraro, Director of The Italian American Press, has put together a list of fascinating books written by Italian-Americans on a variety of interesting topics. Viewers to the Italian American Press website (exit WisItalia) will find that they have created categories for an extensive selection of their Italian-American books.
You may also be interested in reading some Free E-Books by Italian-American authors.
To learn more about the Italian American Press, view their website at http://www.italianamericanpress.com.
More Self-Published Books
Of interest to you may be some books self-published by Catherine Tripalin Murray. People have often compared them with life in their own Italian neighborhoods throughout the United States. Her stories are a collecton of recipes, memories and photographs of the old Greenbush neighborhood, in Madison, Wisconsin, as well as the old Westside neighborhood in Kenosha, Wisconsin. These collections date back to the early to mid-1900s. Sold in the United States, these books have even been found in a library in Sicily.To obtain these books, they are still available through Catherine Tripalin Murray, or by checking your local bookstore. For more details visit, http://www.greenbushcookbooks.com/ (exit WisItalia). To order a book, visit Greenbush...remembered Order Form (exit WisItalia).
| Title | Author | Publisher-Year |
|---|---|---|
| Volume I, a taste of memories from the old "Bush": recipes, memories and photographs of the old Greenbush neighborhood, (Madison, Wisconsin) 1900-1960 | Catherine Tripalin Murray | Greenbush...remembered, 1988 |
| Volume II, a taste of memories from the old "Bush": recipes, memories and photographs of the old Greenbush neighborhood, (Madison, Wisconsin) 1900-1960 | Catherine Tripalin Murray | Greenbush...remembered, 1990 |
| Volume III, a taste of memories from Columbus Park: recipes, memories and photographs of the old Westside neighborhood, Kenosha, Wisconsin | Catherine Tripalin Murray | Old Neighborhoods...remembered
with Kenosha In Neighborhood, 1992 |
| Grandmothers of Greenbush: Recipes and Memories of the Old Greenbush Neighborhood 1900-1925 | Catherine Tripalin Murray | Greenbush...remembered, 1996 |
Ultimate Travel Library
National Geographic Travelor lists books on their Ultimate Travel Library—Western Europe &
the Mediterranean website. These books are not guide books, but are novels and narrative nonfiction, as well as classic photography books.
Check out the books on Italy.Some Recommended Books
Giovanna Miceli Jeffries, member of WisItalia, the Italian-American Women's Club and faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recommends the following books by Italian-American writers on Italian-American life and identity. Some of the authors include Flavia Alaya, Helen Barolini, Regina Barreca, Marion Benasutti, Mary Jo Bona, Dorothy Briant, Rita Ciresi, Camille Cusumano, and Tina De Rosa to name a few. | Title | Author | Publisher-Year |
|---|---|---|
| Under the Rose (novel) | Flavia Alaya | Feminist Press, 1999 |
| Taking it Home: Stories from the Neighborhood | Toni Ardizzone | University of Illinois Press, 1996 |
| Umbertina (novel) | Helen Barolini | Feminist Press, 1999 |
| The Dream Book: anthology of Writings by Italian American Women | Helen Barolini | Syracuse University Press, 2000 |
| Festa: Recipes and Recollections of Italian Holidays | Helen Barolini | University of Wisconsin Press, 1988 |
| Don’t Tell Mama (collection) | Regina Barreca | Penquin Books, 2002 |
| No Steady Job for Papa (memoir) | Marion Benasutti | Vanguard, 1966 |
| The Voices We Carry (collection) | Mary Jo Bona | Guernica, 1994 |
| Claiming a Tradition (essays) | Mary Jo Bona | Southern Illinois U.Press, 1999 |
| Miss Giardino (novel) | Dorothy Briant | Feminist Press, 1997 |
| Blue Italian (novel) | Rita Ciresi | Hopewell, 1996 |
| Mother Rocket (novel) | Rita Ciresi | University of Georgia Press, 1993 |
| Sometimes I dream in Italian (novel) | Rita Ciresi | Delacorte, 2000 |
| The Last Cannoli: a Sicilian-American Family | Camille Cusumano | Legas, 2000 |
| Paper Fish (memoir) | Tina De Rosa | Feminist Press, 1996 |
| Vertigo (memoir) | Louise de Salvo | Dutton, 1997 |
| The Milk of Almonds: Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture | L. de Salvo & E. Giunta | Feminist Press, 2002 |
| Christ in Concrete | Pietro di Donato | Penguin, 1993 |
| Writing with an Accent: Italian American Women’s Authors (essays) | Edvige Giunta | Palgrave, 2002 |
| Italian Signs, American Streets (essays) | Fred Guardaphé | Duke Univ. Press, 1996 |
| Things my Mother Told Me (poems) | Maria Mazziotti Gillan | Guernica, 1999 |
| Mattanza:Love and Death in the Sea of Sicily | Theresa Maggio | Perseus, 2000 |
| Mount Allegro: a Memoir of Italian American Life | Jerre Mangione | Harper & Row, 1989 |
| Italian Women and Other Tragedies (poems) | Gianna Patriarca | Guernica, 1994 |
| The Oldest Map with the Name America (poems) | Lucia Petrillo | Random House, 1999 |
| The Houseguest (novel) | Agnes Rossi | Dutton, 2000 |
| The Quick: a Novella & Stories | Agnes Rossi | WW Norton, 1992 |
| Sometimes the Soul: Two Novellas of Sicily | Gioia Timpanelli | WW Norton, 1998 |
| Crossing Ocean Parkway (memoir) | Marianna Torgovnick | University of Chicago Press, 1997 |
| Astoria (memoir) | Robert Viscusi | Guernica, 1996 |
| A Cup of the Sun | Octavia Capuzzi Waldo | Harcourt, 1961 |
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Updated May 13, 2008
