by Gail Reitano | Jan 21, 2021 | Beautiful Italians, Writer's Blog
Why I love clothes… Clothes “emote” and boy, so do Italians. Gaga’s National Anthem was a departure at the same time as it was a reaffirmation of our national hopes. There was spirit and heat in that performance, in what can all too often be a rather... 
by Gail Reitano | Mar 9, 2015 | Beautiful Italians
T h e I t a l i a n A m e r i c a n s by M a r i a L a u r i n o This wonderful book is a detailed look at our Italian American ancestors, a comprehensive “history” with one important caveat: The Italian Americans by Maria Laurino is never ever “dry.” In fact,... 
by Gail Reitano | Nov 6, 2014 | Beautiful Italians, Writer's Blog
Leon Battista Alberti (1404-72) was a ‘universal’ Renaissance man and humanist. The humanists believed in studying “history, philosophy, and the classical texts,” believing this would result in an “ideal republic,” one...
