Maria Laurino

Maria Laurino is the author of the national bestselling memoir Were You Always an Italian? , an exploration of how stereotypes and class prejudice influenced Italian American identity; the memoir Old World Daughter, New World Mother , a meditation on contemporary feminism; and The Italian Americans , a companion book to the PBS documentary. A former staff writer for the Village Voice , Laurino's work has appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times , Washington Post , the New...See more

Maria Laurino is the author of the national bestselling memoir Were You Always an Italian? , an exploration of how stereotypes and class prejudice influenced Italian American identity; the memoir Old World Daughter, New World Mother , a meditation on contemporary feminism; and The Italian Americans , a companion book to the PBS documentary. A former staff writer for the Village Voice , Laurino's work has appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times , Washington Post , the New Republic , and Salon ; her essays have been widely anthologized including in the Norton Reader. marialaurino.com See less