Don't Tell Mama!: The Penguin Book of Italian American Writing
- ISBN-10
- 014200247X
- ISBN-13
- 9780142002476
- Category
- Literary Collections / American / General
- Pages
- 545
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Author
- Regina Barreca
Description
This important collection reveals as never before the quality, extent, and variety of the Italian American contribution to American literature. Bringing together fiction and poetry as well as academic essays and newspaper articles from the 1800s to the present, this volume covers a wide field of cultural experience. Including many previously unpublished pieces as well as classic works, and enhanced by an insightful and entertaining introduction by Regina Barreca, Don't Tell Mama highlights both the unity and the diversity of the Italian American experience.
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