Similar to Lu novu Tuppi Tuppi, this work is in verse in Sicilian dialect. Unlike the other work, this is comprised of 15 separate short poems on various subjects, not a facially comic dialogue or monologue to an audience, as such but seemingly more…
This is an earlier work published by Varvaro, a not unimportant Italian poet of the period known as a “poeta modernissimo.” See description of "San Giovannino" for more of the life of this upper class Sicilian immigrant, and how I came to acquire a…
Dedicated to Riccardo Cordiferro. Pucciu (b. Italy, 1876; d. New York, 1927), or Puccio, was a sculptor and carver, with a studio in Brooklyn, as well as an accomplished dialect poet who began to publish verses in the literary and political magazine,…
De Rosalia was a leader in the Italian American vaudeville scene in New York. He premiered on the New York stage in 1903, shortly after his arrival in America. In 1904, he became a teacher in the New York public schools, and gave English lessons to…