Mangia: learning to love and eat like an italian
LATIN, LATINO, LATINA, AUTHENTIC, WRITING, WRITER, MEMOIR, PUERTO RICO, PUERTO RICAN, BORICUA, JEWISH, CULTURE, BIRACIAL, MUTT, MIXED RACE, RELIGION, NYC, NEW YORK, COVID 19, LOCKDOWN, QUARANTINE Marie Myman LATIN, LATINO, LATINA, AUTHENTIC, WRITING, WRITER, MEMOIR, PUERTO RICO, PUERTO RICAN, BORICUA, JEWISH, CULTURE, BIRACIAL, MUTT, MIXED RACE, RELIGION, NYC, NEW YORK, COVID 19, LOCKDOWN, QUARANTINE Marie Myman

Mangia: learning to love and eat like an italian

Italian Sunday Lunch. There’s no way this isn’t going to be a big deal. Do I expect a scene straight out of the Sopranos — men in the finest Sergio Tacchini tracksuits and Carmella’s homemade lasagna steaming on the countertop? No. This is Italy. Real Italy. Not Jersey.

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Poem: A Study in Priorities
LATIN, LATINO, LATINA, AUTHENTIC, WRITING, WRITER, MEMOIR, PUERTO RICO, PUERTO RICAN, BORICUA, JEWISH, CULTURE, BIRACIAL, MUTT, MIXED RACE, RELIGION, NYC, NEW YORK, COVID 19, LOCKDOWN, QUARANTINE Marie Myman LATIN, LATINO, LATINA, AUTHENTIC, WRITING, WRITER, MEMOIR, PUERTO RICO, PUERTO RICAN, BORICUA, JEWISH, CULTURE, BIRACIAL, MUTT, MIXED RACE, RELIGION, NYC, NEW YORK, COVID 19, LOCKDOWN, QUARANTINE Marie Myman

Poem: A Study in Priorities

Are you too / certain that / underneath the gelatinous muck is / a mass?

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