America/Trattabili

Literary Nonfiction. Barone's work portrays how Italian American authors of different times and generations negotiated this challenging terrain called America. From the immigrant pick-and-shovel poet Pascal D'Angelo sleeping in workers' camps and dreaming of an artist's life, to John Fante finding his milieu, these writings weave complex identities between Italy and America, immigrant and native-born, and interpret such ongoing and unsettled negotiations.