The Penguin Book of Italian American Writing: Don’t Tell Mama!

Don't Tell Mama! – Edited by Regina Barreca Introduction: Why Don't Tell Mama! The Penguin Book of Italian American Writing?Explanatory Notes and Caveats to the Introduction, by Hugo BarrecaFlavia AlayaFrom Under the Rose: A ConfessionCarol Bonomo Albright and Elvira Di Fabio"Introduction to Rocchietti's Lorenzo and Oonalaska"Selections, Lorenzo and Oonalaska (1835)George Anastasia"Sinatra's 'Associations' with the Mob"Tony Ardizzone"Holy Cards," from Taking It Home: Stories from the NeighborhoodDavid BaldacciFrom Wish You WellHelen Barolini"Buried Alive by Language," from Chiaroscuro: Essays of IdentityFrom Umbertina"Classic and Good," from More Italian Hours and Other StoriesRegina Barreca"My Grandmother, a Chicken, and Death," from Too Much of a Good Thing Is WonderfulJoy Behar"My Life in Funeral Parlors," from Joy Shtick: Or What Is the Existential Vacuum and Does It Come with Attachments?Mary Jo BonaFrom Claiming a Tradition: Italian American Women WritersDorothy BryantFrom Miss GiardinoAnne Calcagno"Story of My Weight," from Pray for Yourself and Other StoriesPhyllis Capello"Careless Love: How Women Get to Hell"Nancy CaroniaFrom "Macaronis," from Paper NapkinsGrace Cavalieri"Grandmother," from Poems: New and SelectedDiana CavalloFrom A Bridge of LeavesThomas Centolella"Ossi Dei Morti," from Terra Firma"Small Acts," from Terra FirmaJohn Ciardi"True or False," from The Birds of Pompeii"Useless Knowledge," from The Birds of Pompeii"The Evil Eye," from The Collected Poems of John Ciardi"In Place of a Curse," from The Collected Poems of John Ciardi"On Flunking a Nice Boy Out of School," from The Collected Poems of John Ciardi"Statement," from The Collected Poems of John CiardiRita Ciresi"Lifelines," from Mother RocketRobert Corrente"Ellis Island"Gregory Corso"Youthful Religious Experiences," from Herald of the Autochtonic Spirit"Peter Covino"Poverty of Language""Infidel"George CuomoFrom Family Honor: An American LifeJoseph Cuomo"The First Night of the Wake"Don DeLilloFrom UnderworldLina Del Tinto DemarskyFrom Leaves of the Pharisees: The Dark Side of Italian-American LifeMary Russo Demetrick"I study Italian," from First Pressing"I stash treasures," from Italian NotebookTina De RosaFrom Paper FishLouise DeSalvoFrom Vertigo: A MemoirFrom BreathlessCarole DeSantiFrom "Ars Longa, Vita brevis?"Rachel Guido DeVriesFrom Tender WarriorsPietro Di DonatoFrom Christ in ConcreteW. S. Di Piero"The Depot," from Shadows Burning"Sabbioneta to Parma," from The Dog StarDiane Di PrimaFrom Recollections of My Life as a WomanJohn FanteFrom The Brotherhood of the Grape"Hail Mary," from Dago RedFrom Wait Until Spring, BandiniLawrence Ferlinghetti"The Old Italians Dying," from These Are My RiversRobert FerroFrom The Family of Max DesirCamille Lavieri FormanFrom A Perfect Time for ButterfliesRocco FumentoFrom Tree of Dark ReflectionRichard GambinoFrom Blood of My Blood: The Dilemma of the Italian-AmericansFred GardaphéFrom The Italian-American Writer: An Essay and an Annotated ChecklistSandra M. Gilbert"The Tidal Wave," from Kissing the Bread: New and Selected Poems, 1969-1999"Mafioso," from Kissing the Bread"Tailors," from Kissing the BreadMaria Mazziotti Gillan"Opening the Door: 19th Street, Paterson," from Things My Mother Told Me"Secrets," from Things My Mother Told MeDana Gioia"Cleared Away," from The Gods of Winter"Money," from The Gods of Winter"Planting a Sequoia," from The Gods of WinterDaniela Gioseffi"For Grandma Lucia La Rosa, 'Light the Rose'," from Word Wounds and Water Flowers"American Sonnets for My Father," from Word Wounds and Water Flowers"Woman with Tongue Sculpted in Cheek," from Eggs in the LakeArturo Giovannitti"Anniversary I," from The Collected Poems of Arturo GiovannittiEdvige Giunta"Litania for My Mother's Hands"John GlavinFrom "MANAYUNK: Growing Up in Philadelphia During and After the War"Barbara Grizzuti Harrison"Godfather II: Of Families and families," from Off CenterFrom An Accidental AutobiographyJosephine Gattuso Hendin"Who Will Marry You Now?"Joanna Clapps Herman"The Discourse of un' Propria Paparone"Evan HunterFrom The Paper DragonFrom The Blackboard JungleFrom "The Kiss"Albert InnauratoFrom Ulysses in TractionMarisa Labozzetta"After Victory"Wally Lamb"Food and Fatalism"Garibaldi M. LapollaFrom The Grand GennaroSalvatore La Puma"Wear It in Good Health," from The Boys of Bensonhurst"First Cousins," from Teaching Angels to FlyMaria LaurinoFrom "Words," from Were You Always an Italian? Ancestors and Other Icons of Italian AmericaJay Leno, with Bill ZehmeFrom Leading with My ChinFrank LentricchiaFrom "Sitdown at the Heartland Hotel," from Lucchesi and the WhaleJerre MangioneFrom Mount AllegroJerre Mangione and Ben MorrealeFrom La Storia: Five Centuries of the Italian American ExperieneMary Ann Mannino"You Children Are Your Children, but Your Wife Is Just a Good Cigar"Paul Mariani"Duet," from The Great Wheel"Show & Tell," from Salvage Operations"The Old Men Are Dying," from Salvage OperationsCarole Maso"The Lion's Head," from The Art Lover"Friend," from The Art LoverChristine Palamidessi MooreFrom "The Virgin's Nose" (or Picking Up a Piece of the Pietà), from The Virgin KnowsBen MorrealeFrom The Loss of the MiraculousGeorge PanettaFrom We Ride a White DonkeyFrom Viva Madison Avenue!Paul PaolicelliFrom Dances with Luigi: A Grandson's Determined Quest to Comprehend Italy and the ItaliansJoseph Papaleo"The Shylock's Wedding," from Italian StoriesJay Parini"Grandmother in Heaven," from Town Life"1913," from Anthracite Country"The Miner's Wake," from Anthracite Country"Ida Parini (1890-1976)," from House of DaysFrom The Apprentice LoverGianna Patriarca"Someday I Will Read 'Dover Beach,'" from Ciao, Baby"Perfect Love," from Daughters for SaleSadie PenzatoFrom "The Movies," from Growing Up Sicilian and FemaleLucia Perillo"Canticle from the Book of Bob""Lost Innocence of the Potato Givers," from The Body Mutinies"Long Time Too Long," from The Oldest Map with the Name America: New and Selected PoemsMario PuzoFrom The GodfatherFrom The Fortunate PilgrimRose Quiello"Dedicated to an Old Friend Whose Kindness I Shall Never Forget"Giose RimanelliFrom Benedetta in Guysterland: A Liquid NovelRay RomanoFrom Everything and a KiteAgnes RossiFrom The QuickMary Jo Salter"Video Blues," from A Kiss in Space: PoemsMary SaracinoFrom "Ravioli and Rage"Jeanne SchintoFrom Huddle Fever: Living in the Immigrant CityChris Mellie Sherman"How to Marry an Italian-American Man"Felix Stefanile"The Veteran," from The Dance at St. Gabriel'sGay TaleseFrom Unto the SonsMari TomasiFrom Like Lesser GodsLewis Turco"Failed Fathers," from The Shifting WebAnthony Valerio"The Widows," from Conversation with Johnny"Song of the Castrato," from Conversation with JohnnyL. D. Ventura and S. ShevitchFrom Misfits and RemnantsRobert ViscusiFrom AstoriaOctavia WaldoFrom A Cup of the SunList of Contributors