events
UPCOMING events
October 23rd, 7 pm
Broadside Bookshop
Northampton, MA
previous events
IASA Conference, Houston, TX, November, 2019
Mulberry Street Public Library, New York, NY, July, 2019
Il Centro, Brooklyn, New York, May 2019
I AM Books, Boston, MA, May 2019
The Supermarket, Toronto, Canada, April 2019
Reading from A Day in June, Broadside Bookshop, Northampton, MA, April 2019
Panelist, Dante Alighieri Society, IDEA Boston, Boston, MA, November, 2018
Celebrating Writers of the Pioneer Valley. Gallery of Readers Press. Broadside Bookshop, Northampton, MA, November, 2016.
Feature Reader, I AM BOOKS, Boston, MA, September, 2016.
Feature Reader, Broadside Bookshop Northampton, MA, May, 2016.
Book Launching, Supermarket at Kensington Market, Toronto, Canada, April, 2016.
Italian American Studies Association, “Death Italian American Style,” Washington, DC, October, 2015.
Guest Author, Plainview Congress of Teachers Retirees, September 9, 2016, Huntington, NY.
Feature Reader with Christopher Castellani, Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC, March, 2014.
Author Talk, Edwards Public Library, Southampton, MA, November, 2013.
Feature Reader with Karen Osborn, Forbes Library, Northampton, MA, November, 2013.
Feature Reader with Robert Viscusi, Louise DeSalvo, Louisa Calio, Peter Covino, and Stan Pugliese, Canio’s Books, Sag Harbor, NY, August, 2013.
Feature Reader, Broadside Bookshop, Northampton, MA, November, 2012.
Book Launching, Supermarket at Kensington Market, Toronto, Canada, October, 2012.
Italian American Studies Association, "Domestic Violence and the Italian American Temperment," Hempstead, NY, November, 2012.
Panel Reader, American Italian Historical Assoc., Tampa, Fl., October, 2011.
Winner of the Short Fiction Award, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, New Jersey, April, 2010.
Guest lecturer, Saint Joseph College, West Hartford, Connecticut, November, 2009.
Feature Reader, Poets and Writers Piazza. Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, September, 2009
Reader of Norman Kotker’s works, Jewish Historical Society of Western Mass. With Anthony Giardina, Betsy Hartmann, Corinne Bliss, Joann Kobin, June, 2009.
Reader of Robert Nylen’s memoir, Guts: Combat, Hell-Raising, Cancer, Business Start-Ups, and Undying Love: One American Guy’s Reckless, Lucky Life. With Richarad Todd, Tracy Kidder, Barry Werth, and Joe Nocera. Broadside Books, Northampton, MA, June 2009.
Feature Reader, John D. Calandra Institute, NYC, Writer Read Series, October, 2008. (Reviewed by Michelina Zambella in Oggi .)
Panel Participant, Italian American Experience, Smith College, Northampton, MA, March, 2008.
Panel Reader, Italian American Historical Assoc., Southern Connecticut State Univ., New Haven, CT, October, 2008.
Panel Reader, American Italian Historical Assoc., Denver, CO., November, 2007.
Feature Reader, Cornelia Street Cafe, New York City, June 9, 2007.
Feature Reader, Broadside Books, Northampton, MA February, 2007.
Feature Reader, Bluestockings Book Store, New York City, November, 2006.
Feature Reader, Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA, 2003.
Feature Reader, Barnes and Noble, Holyoke, MA, 2003.
Panel Reader and Chair, American Italian Historical Assoc., Loyola University, Chicago, Il., 2002.
Feature Reader, Staten Island College, CUNY, Staten Island, NY, 2001.
Presentation, "Ancient History? Sicilians in Gianni Amelio’s Lamerica ," Italian American Historical Association, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2000.
Feature Reader, Five-College Circolo Italiano, Amherst, MA, 2000.
Feature Reader, Barnes and Noble, New York City, May, 1999.
Feature Reader, Beyond Words Bookstore, Northampton, MA, 1999.
Panel Reader and Chair, Italian American Historical Assoc., Hunter College, NYC, 1998.
Presentation, "The Selling of the Italian American Experience," American Italian Historical Assoc., Pittsburgh, PA, 1996.
Panel Reader, American Italian Historical Assoc., University of Massachusetts, Lowell, 1995.
Panel Reader, American Italian Historical Assoc., Chicago, IL, 1994.
Panel Reader, American Italian Historical Assoc., Saint. John’s University, Queens, NY, 1993.
Presentation, "The Dilemma of the Italian American Writer," Italian American Students Union, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1993.
Presentation, "The Dilemma of the Italian American Writer," Five-College Circolo Italiano, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, 1993.
Presentation, "The Italian Americans," (1993) "The Editing Process" (1992) "Italy and its Culture" (1991), Jackson Street School, Northampton, MA.