Bridging the cultural divide is a job for the snails
By Al Kemp In the new children’s book “Let’s Eat Snails,” a young girl named Margie broadens her culinary horizons to include a curious garden creature with help from her friend Nina.… Read More
Women’s plight in the time of Mussolini inspires novel
Italian-American Herald A historical novel that highlights stories of women under Mussolini’s fascist rule leading into the collapse of Italy and World War II is set for release on March 8, International… Read More
Humorist’s debut novel ventures down a dark path
Italian-American Herald Local humorist Francesca Serritella ventures into the mystery/thriller genre with her debut novel, “Ghosts of Harvard,” which was published May 5. The novel concerns Cady, a Harvard freshman who becomes… Read More
A compelling chronicle of Philadelphia Italians during WWI
By Charlie Sacchetti Richard N. Juliani’s “Little Italy in the Great War: Philadelphia’s Italians on the Battlefield and Home Front,” is an exhaustive account of how the city’s Italian immigrants were affected… Read More
They write because the spirit moves them
By Barbara Ann Zippi, Ciao Bella Living Italian Style They sell out most every appearance across the country and worldwide, especially here in the Delaware Valley, and both are Italian Americans from… Read More
C. David Heymann’s ‘Joe and Marilyn: Legends in Love’
Before there was Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, or Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, in an age before cellphones, Instagram, texting and tweeting, there was Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe. Excerpt: “Marilyn,”… Read More
