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Dolores Alfieri Taranto
- Mar 18
- 2 min
In the Beginning
My parents’ lives began in Italy. In Southern Italy, to be precise, in the small villages that dot the area below Naples; an Italy that...
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Dolores Alfieri Taranto
- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
Ancestral Language for Strength
I often hear Italian Americans lament they weren’t taught the Italian language. Being stripped of ancestral language feels like a wound...
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Dolores Alfieri Taranto
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
Spiritual Conversations for the Rest of Us
But a friend said, “It would be a bad time to launch a different podcast. It would be a bad time to launch a movie about contagious...
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Dolores Alfieri Taranto
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
Learning The Majesty During Quarantine
This is an excellent time to call your parents, aunts, uncles, or grandparents, and ask them about their lives.
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Dolores Alfieri Taranto
- Mar 18, 2020
- 3 min
Tribal Life Resurfaces
Unfortunately, in modern society, we see the resurfacing of a tribal mentality only during times of severe trouble, such as World War II...
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Dolores Alfieri Taranto
- Mar 12, 2020
- 3 min
The Grounding Spirit of Tradition
Do you watch the NBC show, "This Is Us"? I'm a bit obsessed with it. The show follows one family, the Pearsons, through generations,...
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Dolores Alfieri Taranto
- Mar 4, 2020
- 4 min
Respect
To be raised by immigrants in America is, no matter the culture and more often than not, to be raised with ideals culled from another time..
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Dolores Alfieri Taranto
- Feb 26, 2020
- 3 min
Back to the Beginning
Rebellion, Estrangement, and Return There is a famous photo of the celebrated Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo (pictured here on the left) at...
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Dolores Alfieri Taranto
- Feb 12, 2020
- 4 min
Catch Family Stories While You Can
I've been thinking a lot these past several weeks of my Zia, Carolina, whom everyone called Lillina. She passed away just a few days...
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Dolores Alfieri Taranto
- Jan 25, 2020
- 3 min
The Show I Wanted to Hear
Toni Morrison famously said, in answer to why she started writing—"I wrote the book I wanted to read." She couldn't find novels about...
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