Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

From Paul Cary Goldberg:

Dear friends and colleagues,
For the past four years, during countless conversations and hundreds of cups of cappucini, I’ve been taking photographs of the people and the vita here at Caffe Sicilia in Gloucester, Massachusetts, America’s oldest sea port. (The caffe has been integral to this city and her immigrant population for more than 20 years.) The result is a collection of intimate images about my Sicilian/American neighbors, their culture, the city of Gloucester, and the power of photography to reveal the universality of human experience. To paraphrase Charles Olson, "Caffe Sicilia is Polis."
I’m now editing the images in preparation for the publication of a book of the best of these photographs.
In the coming months I’ll be sending periodic emails with photographs and updates from my work at the Caffe. I’ll include information about the design and progress of the book as well as some of the ways you can support this project.
If you treasure the Sicilian heritage and the city of Gloucester, if you care about history and the documentation and preservation of a unique culture, if you cherish photography and the arts, and if you’re enthusiastic about my work, I’m hoping you’ll help me get this book published.
In the meantime you can find me at the Caffe most mornings (and many afternoons). Stop by for cappuccino and a chat. If I’m not there ask Maria, Giuseppe, Domenico or Nina to run the slideshow for you. And be sure to try a sfogliattella, cassatini or pignoli.
A presto,
Paul
Paul Cary Goldberg
The book of Caffe Sicilia photographs is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization.
Contributions for the purposes of Caffe Sicilia must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Please use this website if you want to make a tax deductible contribution:
https://www.fracturedatlas.org/donate/3398

Hi, Joey,

Hope you had a gorgeous summer-y weekend.  We were swimming in the ocean! Wow!

Can you possibly help me get the word out about the Cape Ann YMCA Book Club?

We’ll be discussing ALICE BLISS on Wednesday 10.12.11 @ 7 @ the Cape Ann Y.

This is a new venture for the Y  and it’s so great that they chose my book; I’d really like to make it a great event for them.

Hi there –

Quick reminder that our next discussion is tomorrow!

Click here for the Alice Bliss book club discussion guide – it provides some great background on Laura Harrington as a writer too.

Here’s a teaser question from Laura to get your wheels turning:

I’m intrigued by what good writers leave out.  I believe that you actively engage readers by inviting them/ allowing them to enter the story imaginatively.  Alice’s physical appearance is never described directly. There are several hints throughout the book that allow the reader to put together a picture of Alice, but for the most part, the character is built through her thoughts and actions, her mistakes and her yearnings. Do you have a picture of Alice in your mind?  Did this make it easier or more difficult to relate to this character?  (My hope is that every reader has their own Alice.)

Hope you can join us!

Alice Bliss Discussion with Laura Harrington

WEDNESDAY 10/12 @ 7:00PM

Coffee & dessert will be served

Please reply to this email to R.S.V.P. if you plan to attend.

Thanks,

FOB Dani Lubbers Writes-

JOEY!

Last night Kurt and I were walking home from Giuseppe’s (amazing food and entertainment as usual) and I see this tiny squirrel running down the sidewalk. Naturally, Kurt chased it and it froze in the middle of the sidewalk. It was a SUGAR GLIDER! So – heads up – if anyone seems to be missing a sugar glider, we last saw it on the sidewalk just past Cafe Bischo. They are exotic tropical pets and they won’t survive the chilly weather that New England is bringing. Hope someone finds it! :(  -Dani