The Calandra Institute invites some of the most prominent, cutting-edge, Italian American creative writers to debut and read from works of recent fiction, poetry, and memoir.
UPCOMING EVENTS
March 2024
Richard Vetere Reads from She’s Not There (Bordighera Press, 2023)
It is the summer of 1965, and Christopher Ricci’s mother ...
25 Mar
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
May 2024
Lorenzo Carcaterra Reads from Nonna Maria and the Case of the Lost Treasure: A Novel (Bantam, 2024)
New York Times bestselling author Lorenzo Carcaterra has created an ...
15 May
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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PAST EVENTS
November 2023
Angelo Zeolla reads from The Bronx Unbound, ovvero i versi Bronxesi (Bordighera Press, 2023)
Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 6pm
Angelo Zeolla reads from The Bronx ...
29 Nov
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
April 2023
Anthony Marra reads from Mercury Pictures Presents: A Novel (Hogarth, 2022)
In his third novel Anthony Marra recounts a story of ...
12 Apr
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
March 2023
Annie Rachele Lanzillotto reads from Whaddyacall the Wind? (Bordighera Press, 2022)
The ebullient writer and performance artist Annie Lanzillotto presents her ...
13 Mar
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
December 2022
Writers Read: Jonathan Galassi reads from School Days: A Novel
Jonathan Galassi reads from School Days: A Novel (Other Press, ...
05 Dec
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
October 2022
Writers Read: John D’Emilio reads from Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood: Coming of Age in the Sixties
John D’Emilio reads from Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood: ...
20 Oct
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
September 2022
Writers Read: Kossi Komla-Ebri reads from EmbarRACEments: Daily Embarrassments in Black and White . . . and Color and Home
Kossi Komla-Ebri reads from EmbarRACEments: Daily Embarrassments in Black and ...
15 Sep
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
May 2022
Writers Read: Gianna Patriarca EVENT CANCELED
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Gianna Patriarca reads from This Way ...
19 May
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Writers Read: Christopher Sorrentino Reads from Now Beacon, Now Sea: A Son’s Memoir
The death of Christopher Sorrentino’s mother in 2017 marked the ...
10 May
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
April 2022
Writers Read: Claudia Durastanti Reads from Strangers I Know
Strangers I Know is the fourth novel by Claudia Durastanti ...
04 Apr
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
February 2020
Joanne Mattera Reads from Vita: A Memoir: Growing up Italian, Coming Out, and Making a Life in Art
In Vita: A Memoir, Joanne Mattera recounts her childhood in ...
20 Feb
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
November 2019
Juliet Grames Reads from The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna (Ecco, 2019)
Juliet Grames’s novel tells the story of Stella Fortuna—beautiful and ...
06 Nov
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
September 2019
Three Bordighera Press Writers— Kathy Curto, Maria Terrone, and Rita Esposito Watson—Read from Their Works
Kathy Curto’s memoir Not for Nothing: Glimpses ...
24 Sep
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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