{"id":3156,"date":"2021-08-12T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=3156"},"modified":"2021-08-16T09:18:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T13:18:10","slug":"queer-italian-canadian-anthology-seeks-to-broaden-acceptance-fuse-identities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/12\/queer-italian-canadian-anthology-seeks-to-broaden-acceptance-fuse-identities\/","title":{"rendered":"Queer Italian-Canadian anthology seeks to broaden acceptance, fuse identities"},"content":{"rendered":"

University of Toronto<\/a><\/strong> – The department of Italian studies in the University of Toronto\u2019s Faculty of Arts & Science has helped create what may be the most comprehensive volume yet of queer Italian-Canadian literature. Launched in June, Here & Now: An Anthology of Queer Italian-Canadian<\/em> Writing includes short stories, poems, memoirs, excerpts of novels, plays and film scripts from 35 contributors of different immigrant generations.<\/p>

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They include: Steve Galluccio, screenwriter and playwright, most noted for his play Mambo Italiano<\/em> and its feature film adaptation; playwright Frank Canino; award-winning writer Monica Meneghetti; author and poet Amber Dawn; slam poetry champion Liana Cusmano; Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies<\/a> instructor and writer Elena Basile<\/strong>; novelist and founder of the Violet Hour Reading Series Christopher DiRaddo; and filmmaker Luis De Filippis.<\/p>

Together, the contributors offer unique perspectives from those who identify as gay, lesbian, queer or trans, and are of Italian heritage in Canada.<\/p>

Read more here<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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