Italian Americana is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering studies on the Italian-American experience. It publishes history, fiction, memoirs, poetry, and reviews. The editor-in-chief is Alan J. Gravano ( Rocky Mountain University ).
6-472: The journal was established in 1974 by Richard Gambino , Ernest Falbo, and Bruno Arcudi under the auspices of Queens College, City University of New York , where Gambino taught. In 1989, Carol Bonomo Albright became editor, and the journal was published by the University of Rhode Island . Other notable assistant editors have included novelist Christine Palamidessi Moore and poets Dana Gioia , past Director of
12-498: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about academic journals . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . This article about a journal on area studies is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about academic journals . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . Richard Gambino Richard Ignatius Gambino (May 5, 1939 – January 12, 2024)
18-579: The National Endowment for the Arts , Michael Palma and Maria Terrone . Simonini became editor in 2015, and the journal moved to Youngstown State University . In the fall of 2019 the journal then moved to Loyola University Chicago, when Simonini became the Founding Director and Paul and Ann Rubino Endowed Associate Professor of Italian American Studies. This article about a humanities journal
24-725: The Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York ; his father was an Italian immigrant. He earned a Ph.D. in philosophy at New York University . In 1973, Gambino founded the Italian-American Studies program at CUNY/Queens College. It was the first known offering of its kind in the United States. He published a study of the Italian-American experience titled Blood of My Blood: The Dilemma of the Italian Americans in 1974; it
30-422: Was an American author and educator. A professor emeritus at Queens College, City University of New York , Gambino pioneered the field of Italian-American studies in the 1970s. He is the author of Blood of My Blood: The Dilemma of the Italian Americans (1974) and co-founder of Italian Americana , a peer-reviewed cultural/historical journal devoted to the Italian-American experience. Richard Gambino grew up in
36-595: Was well received and has become a classic text. That same year, he co-founded Italian Americana with Ernest Falbo and Bruno Arcudi. In 1999, HBO made a fictionalized film, Vendetta , based on Gambino's non-fiction book by the same name, about the March 14, 1891, lynchings of Italians in New Orleans. The film starred Christopher Walken , Edward Herrmann , and Bruce Davison . Gambino's play about Walt Whitman , Camerado , and another about Pope Pius XII , were performed in
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