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ciao a tutti-
glad to see this group on I-Italy
This group gathers together the participants of the Denuncia: Speaking Up in Modern Italy conference held at NYU on March 27-28, 2009, which explored why denuncia has become an embedded mode of comment and critique in Italian civil society.
Ciao James
Grazie dei complimenti. Sono felice che il mio articolo ti sia piacuto. Sono veramente assurde queste pubblicita', no?
George de Stefano
Ciao Silvia
Thanks for posting this -- very good points and I totally agree. It's shocking how little most Americans know about labor history, but perhaps not surprising given our corporate-owned media and our educational system. Evviva la classe op…
Ciao Patricia
I'm glad you enjoyed the conference. I agree, it was first-rate, but I may be slightly biased since I was one of the presenters. :)
I was at the sessions you mention. The documentary film about immigrants was disturbing on several cou…
yes some of us are ...however, in reaching out, it would help if you'd be a little less "closety," you know, give your name, perhaps a photo, some info about yourself.
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- In a Relationship
- About Me:
- Ciao a tutti! I am an Italian American of Sicilian and Neapolitan background. An author, journalist and critic, my work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, journals, and websites. My book, An Offer We Can’t Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America (Faber and Faber, 2006; paperback, 2007) explores some of my longstanding preoccupations as a writer: cultural mythologies and their social impact; ethnic identity and stereotypes; popular culture, especially film, and how such social categories as race, class, sexuality and gender interact in American society.
My writing on southern Italian culture, and especially about music, has appeared in various journals, magazines, and websites, the latter including Joe Sciorra's italianrap.com and Rootsworld.com.
My passions? Writing, reading, social theory, southern Italian history and culture, politics, sexuality and its social constructions, film, music, cucina italiana, and travel.
My politics are left-wing. I got my earliest political education from my grandfather Giuseppe di Pietro, from Ragusa, Sicily, a life-long persona della sinistra who was a garment industry worker and organizer. (My grandmother Anna also was a left-winger but I never knew her, as she died before I was born.) So I'm proud to have had that familial connection with Italian American working class radicalism.
I live in in the Queens West section of Long Island City, with my longtime partner Rob -- a Jewish italophile (lucky for me!)
I'm excited to be a part of this website, which represents a much-needed and overdue project to build bridges between Italy and Italian America, two worlds that have been divided for too long.
- Favorite Music:
- Jazz, esp. Coltrane, Parker, Miles, Monk, Max Roach (RIP), Ornette Coleman, Bud Powell, Joe Lovano, Sonny Rollins, Abbey Lincoln, Sam Rivers, Dexter Gordon, Don Pullen, Mingus, Paul Motian, Don Byron, Enrico Rava, Stefano Bollani, Gianluigi Trovesi; Rolling Stones; Dylan; Howlin' Wolf; Muddy Waters; Chuck Berry; Little Walter; Aretha; Billie Holiday; Lucinda Williams; Ry Cooder; Steve Earle, Bill Frisell; African music, especially Congolese rumba; Thione Seck; Salif Keita; Italian neoroots and folk -- La Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare, Sancto Ianne, Almamegretta, Daniele Sepe, Nidi D'Arac, Carmen Consoli, Avion Travel, Vinicio Capossela, Roy Paci, Massimo Ferrante, Roberto Murolo, Ibrahim Ferrer; Los Van Van; Willie Colon; Hector Lavoe; Oscar D'Leon; Celia Cruz; Arcade Fire; My Morning Jacket; Amy Winehouse; Otis Redding; Stevie Wonder, Stax and Motown.
- Favorite TV Shows:
- Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Six Feet Under, The Wire, Big Love, Daily Show, Colbert Report, The Office, Ugly Betty, My Name is Earl, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Seinfeld, Weeds
- Hometown:
- Long Island City, NY
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- At 6:55am on January 9, 2010,
Michael Occhipinti said… - Hi George, glad you enjoy my Sicilian Jazz Project CD. I'm really hoping to be able to get the group down there a little more (we've been invited back to the Rochester Jazz Festival for this June but that's a bit of trek!). Best, Michael
- At 8:50pm on March 18, 2009,
Fresh Start said…
- George,
FOUND and not sure how.
I go tutti "stew-nod" when my personal email has a message that can't be found for a day or two.
Thanks for touching base.
Joanne
- At 6:46pm on May 16, 2008,
Michael Luongo said…
- George...thanks for the note....not checked in here for a while...my email is better....mtluongo@aol.com
ciao...Mike
- At 2:45pm on March 29, 2008,
Chiara said… - Ciao George:
It was great meeting you at the Beyond Wiseguys screening!
Chiara
- At 6:04pm on March 20, 2008,
Gennaro Pecchia said… - Ciao George,
I had the pleasure of seeing you on the film, Beyond Wiseguys. I thought you were a great part of the film. You make us Italian Americans look good!
Bravo!
Gennaro
- At 9:20pm on February 7, 2008,
nancy miracle said… - george i was looking for george guida but your work looks interesting too see my page and maybe join me
- At 10:51pm on December 23, 2007,
Alfonso Cevola said… - Hi George:
Thanks for the kind note.
I know that Zonin, Antinori, Gruppo Italiano Vini, Mezzacorona and others have invested in Sicily, yes.
- At 8:54pm on November 25, 2007,
Augie Mosco said…
- Hey George--
When you get a chance, click onto my page and review some lyrics I've posted.
I could always use an impartial critique.
Augie
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