Marianne Rutter's Blog

October 6, 2024

October 17 Amesbury Community Book Read

The Whittier Home Museum Association has chosen to sponsor Home Elsewhere for a book reading on Thursday, October 17 at 5:30 pm at the Amesbury Council on Aging Senior Center, 68 Elm Street in Amesbury. I will read an e...

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Published on October 06, 2024 10:43

October 25, 2023

A Plug for IAM Books

I will be speaking about Home Elsewhere on Thursday, October 26 at 6:30 pm at IAM Books in Boston's North End. Register here for the event. And be sure to check out IAM Books online or at the store if you are in the ne...

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Published on October 25, 2023 11:00

July 15, 2023

New places to buy Home Elsewhere

You now have some new options for buying your copy of Home Elsewhere.

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Published on July 15, 2023 08:50

June 18, 2023

Author interview in L'Idea Magazine

This piece was recently published about Home Elsewhere in the bi-lingual L'Idea Magazine, an online bi-lingual periodical for Italians and Italian-Americans in the U.S. My use of Sicilian dialect to create an authentic ...

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Published on June 18, 2023 13:58

December 23, 2022

La Vigilia and The Seven Fishes

When I run into Italian American friends during the Christmas holidays, the question inevitably arises: "Are you doing the Seven Fishes?" Or when I make new friends at holiday time who are Italian-American, the same ques...

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Published on December 23, 2022 10:00

December 13, 2022

St. Lucy's feast: a traditional food

Today, December 13, Sicilians and many other cultures the world over celebrate the feast of St. Lucy.

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Published on December 13, 2022 04:00

November 11, 2022

Join me for a Zoom event

On two upcoming dates, I'm hosting Zoom events on Home Elsewhere. First, I will read a short excerpt from the book, followed by Q&A / discussion on the excerpt, the book itself why I wrote it, or any of several themes i...

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Published on November 11, 2022 07:51

September 27, 2022

Notes on Rome, III: Off the beaten track

Go to the sea

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Published on September 27, 2022 14:00

Notes on Rome, III

Things off the beaten track

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Published on September 27, 2022 14:00

September 24, 2022

Notes on Rome, II: La Bellezza (On Beauty)

Three great museums in Rome are often overlooked because they lie in the giant shadow cast by the Vatican museums and treasures. I'm going to sing their praises here.

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Published on September 24, 2022 13:00