Reflections on the motherland, the state of being Italian-American,
and literature Italian-American and otherwise
Thursday, September 18, 2025
“Nonnas” and Italian American Longing
Years later, a new post on my updated Forte e Gentile site. It's a bit like shooting scungilli in a barrel, but I write about Netflix's "Nonnas," with a wider aim of pondering the reductive and undying cliches around a certain kind of Italian American nostalgia.