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POMARICO JOURNAL: An Italian Crocodile Dundee in America
October 19, 2023
Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto POMARICO, Italy — My cousin, Giovanni, retells the story often, like...
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POMARICO JOURNAL: The Wonder Sons of a most wondrous game
October 11, 2023
Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto. POMARICO, Italy — On many evenings, after the heat of another...
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POMARICO JOURNAL: An Italian family wrestles with its faith
October 5, 2023
Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto POMARICO, Italy — Over the summer, I have attended many masses...
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MCDERMITT JOURNAL: The football team that never wins, finally did
September 30, 2023
The McDermitt Bulldogs finally won a football game on Thursday. They beat their arch-rivals from Owyhee, another reservation-based team, on...
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BASILICATA JOURNAL: Antiquity is right here beneath his feet
September 27, 2023
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARIO BRUNO LICCESE Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto METAPONTO, Italy — Giuseppe Passarelli steps...
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POMARICO JOURNAL: The place where my ancestors await
September 19, 2023
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARIO BRUNO LICCESE Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto POMARICO, Italy — The approach to...
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POMARICO JOURNAL: Two writers, two mothers and a profound sense of loss
September 14, 2023
Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto POMARICO, Italy — I first meet the Southern Italian poet Nicola...
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POMARICO JOURNAL: The summer is over and the leaving time has come
August 26, 2023
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARIO BRUNO LICCESE Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto POMARICO, Italy — My days are...
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POMARICO JOURNAL: The scholar who helped save a small town’s history
August 21, 2023
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARIO BRUNO LICCESE Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto POMARICO, Italy — Giovanni Palumbo winces...
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POMARICO JOURNAL: A town with deep roots in classical music history
August 18, 2023
Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto POMARICO, Italy — From the time she was young, Anna Bonavista...
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POMARICO JOURNAL: The little bar that Antonio built
August 14, 2023
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARIO BRUNO LICCESE Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto POMARICO, Italy — On many evenings,...
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Basilicata Journal: The artistic Godfather of Bernalda
August 13, 2023
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARIO BRUNO LICCESE Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto BERNALDA, Italy — We ease gently...
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POMARICO JOURNAL: My cousin Bruno is the most passionate man in Italy
August 11, 2023
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARIO BRUNO LICCESE Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto POMARICO, Italy — I first meet...
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POMARICO JOURNAL: The visiting priest from far, far away
August 9, 2023
Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARIO BRUNO LICCESE POMARICO, Italy — The new priest...
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BASILICATA JOURNAL: Tracing the footsteps of the writer Carlo Levi
August 7, 2023
Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto ALIANO, Italy — The winding country road delivers us into an...
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POMARICO JOURNAL: I’m new here in town, can I show you around?
August 6, 2023
Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto. POMARICO, Italy — It’s just past 8:30 p.m. and the light...
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POMARICO JOURNAL: A beloved local artist with a wistful eye for the past
August 4, 2023
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARIO BRUNO LICCESE Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto POMARICO, Italy — For Carmela Salvati,...
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POMARICO JOURNAL: A night onstage under the hot lights, sweating
August 2, 2023
PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARIO BRUNO LICCESE Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto POMARICO, ITALY — I approach my...
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Pomarico Journal: A history of numbing rural poverty
July 31, 2023
Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto. POMARICO, Italy -- For generations, my southern Italian ancestors lived a...
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A Pomarico Mystery Solved
July 30, 2023
Una versione italiana di questo post si trova sotto POMARICO, Italy — I am sitting in the front pew during...
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