Can The Future Save The Past In Pompeii?
The appointment of a young, foreign born director to head the park has ruffled feathers, and that might be just what Italy needs to preserve its cultural heritage.
Changing Places
The old world that the church and school once encompassed was gone, and a new one that privileged real estate and architecture had taken its place in Italy as well as in the US.
Italians Of The Bay Area: Lorenza Graziosi
“If it weren’t for my husband, I would still be in Umbria. Who knew that after two months from the day we met, we would be getting married in San Francisco?”
Producing Travel Content During Lockdown: Katerina Leroy
Katerina Leroy is a Russian travel content producer with over 6 years of experience in photography and social media management.
A One-Year Farwell To Italy’s Final Exams As We Know Them
Future Italian high-school graduates might miss out on the tradition surrounding their final exams.
What’s Wrong With Rome?
Rome is a paradox, and we love it for that. But how do we fix it?
Italian American Disappears
It’s the Italian American Identity Sydrome. They are called William and James, but they still retained their surnames which marked them as different.
Italians Of The Bay Area: Judith Branzburg
Italians of the Bay Area is a new series in Italics Magazine that features interviews with Italians living in California as well as with Californians of Italian descent.
In The Company Of The Sun
Has anyone ever felt lonely while lying in the sun? I never have, and the lyrics of O Sole Mio confirm the idea.
The Boomerang Effect
As the boomerang flies, so it flies back. The stories that lived within me, passed down from my grandparents. Theirs was an Italy of nostalgic approximation. Mine is an Italy that is bowed but unbroken, a phoenix that will rise again.