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On Being an Immigrant – A Reflection February 28, 2025 I now know that hating all things English and hating the Canadian obsession with sports became distractions, displacements for what really confused me - my identity. When I lived in Canada, I had a foot in two camps - the Calabria of my youth and the Italian-Canadian immigrant community. Now as an American, I still have a foot in two camps - the Calabria of my youth and the America of my present. In the past, I didn't know how to process and create an identity from these dualities; I didn't know how to mesh the two pieces to form a whole. Continue reading »


Defiant Dissent September 3, 2021
Massimo Veltri June 27, 2021
April 7, 2021
March 4, 2021
biden dreams August 16, 2020
Forgiveness (essay-31) February 29, 2020
Shame (essay-24) February 18, 2019
Ramblings (essay-23) January 29, 2019
Madness (essay-15) April 1, 2017
End of Empire (essay-13B) January 12, 2017
Stereotypes (essay-10) August 28, 2016
Hypocrisy (essay-5) April 20, 2016
Dual Citizenship (essay-1) November 27, 2014