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
- Tuesday, September 15 - 9:30am
- Andrew Spannaus & Giorno della memoria
- Wednesday, September 16 - 9:30am
- The Arbëreshë Community & NIAF
- Thursday, September 17 - 9:30am
- (Re)Covering America and Italian American Day
- Monday, September 21 - 9:30am
- Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
- Tuesday, September 22 - 9:30am
- Thursday, September 24 - 9:30am
- A"Call to Home" Exhibition at the Calandra Institute
- Wednesday, September 23 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, October 6 - 9:30am
- Thursday, October 8 - 9:30am
- Monday, October 12 - 9:30am
- TBA
- Monday, September 28 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, September 29 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, September 30 - 9:30am
- Thursday, October 1 - 9:30am
- Monday, October 5 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, October 7 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, October 13 - 9:30am
- Antonio Tibaldi, Gorgona
- Monday, September 14 - 9:30am
- Frank Ingrasciotta in Blood Type: Ragu
- Thursday, September 10 - 9:30am
- Book Launch, PIACE, and a Presepio
- Wednesday, September 9 - 9:30am
- Alain Elkann & ILICA
- Tuesday, September 8 - 9:30am
- THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO: CONVERSATION WITH ADRIANA TRIGIANI
- Monday, September 7 - 9:30am
- CAFÉ MARS AND CIVITA
- Thursday, September 3 - 9:30am
- Claudio Pagliara
- Wednesday, September 2 - 9:30am
- Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
- Tuesday, September 1 - 9:30am
- Italian American Culture & NOIAW
- Monday, August 31 - 9:30am
- A"Call to Home" Exhibition at the Calandra Institute
- Monday, August 24 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, August 25 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, August 26 - 9:30am
- Thursday, August 27 - 9:30am
- Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
- Thursday, August 20 - 9:30am
- (Re)Covering America and Italian American Day
- Wednesday, August 19 - 9:30am
- The Arbëreshë Community & NIAF
- Tuesday, August 18 - 9:30am
- Andrew Spannaus & Giorno della memoria
- Monday, August 17 - 9:30am
