Writer Brad Ricca tells the story of the Italian immigrants of Sunnyside Plantation in Arkansas. Here is a taste of his piece at The Washington Post: In the early 1900s, a small travel agency in Greenville, Miss., began sending representatives...
Italian history
The Author’s Corner with Stefano Villani
Stefano Villani is Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Maryland. This interview is based on his new book, Making Italy Anglican: Why the Book of Common Prayer Was Translated into Italian (Oxford University Press, 2022). JF:...
Hey Eric Metaxas, Please Stop Using Ethnic Slurs About Italians So Cavalierly
Watch this Salem Radio love-fest between Eric Metaxas and Sebastian Gorka: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XkJccqAa3g&w=560&h=315] Most readers of the blog know Metaxas. He is a court evangelical, author, and host of the Eric Metaxas Show on Salem. Gorka’s brief and controversial stint...
Commonplace Book #124
There is no word for ‘home’ in Italian. There is casa (house), fucolaro (hearth), but no word for home (as if they had no need for it) as in English. In American English the yearning for home looms large: in American literature the...
The Author’s Corner with Enrico Dal Lago
Enrico Dal Lago is Professor of American History at National University of Ireland Galway. This interview is based on his new book, Civil War and Agrarian Unrest: The Confederate South and Southern Italy (Cambridge University Press, 2018). JF: What led you to write Civil War...