Dagoes read
Subtitle: tradition and the Italian/American writer
By: Fred L. Gardaphe.
Series: Essay series ;; 25; Essay series (Guernica (Firm)) ;; 25.
Publisher: Guernica
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Toronto; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: American literature -- Italian American authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- Italian influences; Italian Americans -- Intellectual life; Italian Americans in literature
Description: Since 1987, writer and critic Fred Gardaphe has regularly reviewed Italian/North American literature in Fra Noi, an Italian/American monthly newspaper based in Chicago. This volume features the best of 'Parole scritte', his monthly columns.

Introduced by an essay, from which the collection gets its title, Dagoes Read is the first publication of its kind in the history of Italian/North American literature. It serves as a fine introduction to this literary movement as well as survey of recent publications by Italian/North Americans. Works reviewed include those by Tony Ardizzone, Dorothy Bryant, Pietro di Donato, John Fante, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Frank Lentricchia, Jay Parini, Diane Raptosh, Gay Talese, Sal LaPuma, and many others.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.