This edition: THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO: CONVERSATION WITH ADRIANA TRIGIANI
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Original tape date: September 29, 2025. First aired: October 27, 2025.On this episode of Italics, we head to the studio for an interview with New York Times bestselling author, filmmaker, and playwright Adriana Trigiani. Adriana grew up in Virginia and has made Italian American life and culture central to her work. Her novels — from Big Stone Gap and The Shoemaker’s Wife to her latest, The View from Lake Como — celebrate family, heritage, and the immigrant journey. She has also written and directed films, created The Origin Project to inspire young writers in Appalachia, and earned international recognition for her contributions to literature and culture.
Guest List
Cav. Anthony Julian Tamburri, PhD. Host, Italics
Adriana Trigiani Author, Independent
- Alain Elkann & ILICA
- Monday, February 16 - 9:30am
- Book Launch, PIACE, and a Presepio
- Tuesday, February 17 - 9:30am
- Thursday, February 19 - 9:30am
- Frank Ingrasciotta in Blood Type: Ragu
- Wednesday, February 18 - 9:30am
- TBA
- Monday, February 23 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, February 24 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, February 25 - 9:30am
- Thursday, February 26 - 9:30am
- Monday, March 2 - 9:30am
- Maria Lai. A Journey to America
- Tuesday, March 3 - 9:30am
- POWS IN THE UNITED STATES & NIAF
- Wednesday, March 4 - 9:30am
- Italian American Culture & NOIAW
- Thursday, March 5 - 9:30am
- Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
- Monday, March 9 - 9:30am
- Claudio Pagliara
- Tuesday, March 10 - 9:30am
- CAFÉ MARS AND CIVITA
- Wednesday, March 11 - 9:30am
- THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO: CONVERSATION WITH ADRIANA TRIGIANI
- Thursday, March 12 - 9:30am
- Frank Ingrasciotta in Blood Type: Ragu
- Monday, January 26 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, January 27 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, January 28 - 9:30am
- Thursday, January 29 - 9:30am
- Monday, February 2 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, February 10 - 9:30am
- Book Launch, PIACE, and a Presepio
- Thursday, January 22 - 9:30am
- Monday, February 9 - 9:30am
- Alain Elkann & ILICA
- Wednesday, January 21 - 9:30am
- Thursday, February 5 - 9:30am
- THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO: CONVERSATION WITH ADRIANA TRIGIANI
- Tuesday, January 20 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, February 4 - 9:30am
- Thursday, February 12 - 9:30am
- CAFÉ MARS AND CIVITA
- Monday, January 19 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, February 3 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, February 11 - 9:30am
- Claudio Pagliara
- Thursday, January 15 - 9:30am
- Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
- Wednesday, January 14 - 9:30am
