Marianne Rutter's Blog

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...

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...

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

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 ...

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...

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

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...

Go to the sea

Things off the beaten track

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.