
In the Shadow of Vesuvius
As the story goes, my Neapolitan great grandfather, Carmine Rodio, was bullied mercilessly at school, and soon became a…
February 16, 2021As the story goes, my Neapolitan great grandfather, Carmine Rodio, was bullied mercilessly at school, and soon became a…
February 16, 2021Writing ITALIAN LOVE CAKE, I felt compelled to recreate the life of an Italian-American woman in the 1930s. Often…
February 15, 2021Why I love clothes… Clothes “emote” and boy, so do Italians. Gaga’s National Anthem was a departure at the…
January 21, 2021For lovers of memoir, there is no better than In My Mother’s House (1983), by the glorious Kim Chernin, who…
January 3, 2021It was a warm night with fire flies lighting like stars, and they swirled around me, waist high, as…
June 25, 2020“WANTING WARHOL: My Connections to Andy Warhol” HERE: https://catamaranliteraryreader.com/all-nonfiction As Kathy Acker wrote: “The world is gray…
June 18, 2020Naples’ old town is cut in two by the famous Naples’ Spaccanapoli, or Splitter — SEE Elena Ferrante’s…
April 7, 2020You’re not going to the movies??!! Remember when movie reviewers used to go on about the experience of being…
August 12, 2019Writers Have the Best Shoes … I once went to hear Mary Karr interviewed by Calvin Trillin at the…
December 9, 2018Inspiration & Writing