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
- Emma Stebbins at The Heckscher Museum of Art
- Wednesday, May 20 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, June 16 - 9:30am
- Andrew Spannaus & Giorno della memoria
- Thursday, May 21 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, June 17 - 9:30am
- TBA
- Monday, May 25 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, May 26 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, May 27 - 9:30am
- Thursday, May 28 - 9:30am
- Italian American Culture & NOIAW
- Monday, June 1 - 9:30am
- Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
- Tuesday, June 2 - 9:30am
- Claudio Pagliara
- Wednesday, June 3 - 9:30am
- CAFÉ MARS AND CIVITA
- Thursday, June 4 - 9:30am
- THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO: CONVERSATION WITH ADRIANA TRIGIANI
- Monday, June 8 - 9:30am
- Alain Elkann & ILICA
- Tuesday, June 9 - 9:30am
- Book Launch, PIACE, and a Presepio
- Wednesday, June 10 - 9:30am
- Frank Ingrasciotta in Blood Type: Ragu
- Thursday, June 11 - 9:30am
- Antonio Tibaldi, Gorgona
- Monday, June 15 - 9:30am
- Alain Elkann & ILICA
- Wednesday, May 13 - 9:30am
- Book Launch, PIACE, and a Presepio
- Tuesday, May 5 - 9:30am
- Thursday, May 14 - 9:30am
- Andrew Spannaus & Giorno della memoria
- Monday, April 27 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, April 28 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, April 29 - 9:30am
- Thursday, April 30 - 9:30am
- Monday, May 4 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, May 12 - 9:30am
- Emma Stebbins at The Heckscher Museum of Art
- Wednesday, April 22 - 9:30am
- Monday, May 11 - 9:30am
- Antonio Tibaldi, Gorgona
- Tuesday, April 21 - 9:30am
- Thursday, April 23 - 9:30am
- Thursday, May 7 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, May 19 - 9:30am
- Frank Ingrasciotta in Blood Type: Ragu
- Monday, April 20 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, May 6 - 9:30am
- Monday, May 18 - 9:30am
