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Books and Biscotti: A Poetry Reading and Dialogue on Italian Canadian Identity
- Date
- July 03, 2025
- Time
- 5:15 PM EDT - 6:45 PM EDT
- Location
- Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre 415 Yonge Street Suite 1802 Toronto, ON M5B 2E7
- Open To
- Open to All
- Contact
- Christiane Tarantino: adminmlc@torontomu.ca
- Website
- https://mlc.torontomu.ca/news/events/books-and-biscotti
In her poem “College Street, Toronto,” Gianna Patriarca’s speaker returns to Little Italy in the 1950s, where her father lived “in the basement of a Euclid Street / rooming house / with five other men / homeless, immigrant dreamers” (50). First published in 1994, Patriarca’s poetry reclaimed the voices of Toronto’s Italian communities. How is the Italian-Canadian immigrant experience being told today? Join us at the Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre for an evening of readings and conversation on immigration, identity, and generational change.