Finding her roots in the almost mythic hometown of my wife's father, Anthony Charles Nicoletti, wasn't as easy as we thought it was, but it was well worth the effort. To paraphrase Cristoforo Colombo: "If we ever go back, I think we'll use a different map."
You chose: italian american identity
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*With apologies to Mario Puzo this essay in three-parts will demonstrate why, as to reconnecting to or even finding my Sicilian/Italian ethnic roots, "you can't get there from here."
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Social media is rife these days with people taking personality quizzes. Although as a whole the enterprise seems frivolous, the underlying tension is one of personal encounter. Will someone tell me who I am!
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Two national holidays, la Festa della Repubblica and Memorial Day, bring up the question of what it means to belong.