Waiting for Yesterday by Michael Parenti
Literary Nonfiction. Memoir. On these pages, fans of Michael Parenti's insightful political and historical writings are given a revealing picture of his early years as a youth in New York's East Harlem, along with some of the influences that helped shape his lifelong commitment to activism and social justice. Written with style and dash, WAITING FOR YESTERDAY is devilishly enjoyable and sometimes very touching. It provides delightful vignettes about growing up in a three-generation, working-class, Italian family, along with the amusing predicaments of a street kid's life. The book offers a cast of diverse and colorful characters, brought to life on the gritty streets where Parenti played as a boy, set against a backdrop of impoverished tenements, stoops, punitive classrooms, and a neighborhood church with its ornate celestial offerings. This book is graced with both vivid imagery and sharp political observation. Parenti challenges many of the stereotypes faced by Italian Americans and other ethnic groups. Here is a story that is both personal and broad-ranging, often sweet and occasionally bitter, the human comedy at its best.-
The Tomb of the Divers
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Terroni
- Al di là del mare / Across the Sea
- Oxygen for Two
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Red Snow
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Heaven Knows
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In the Land of the Midday Sun
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At the Hour of Now
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Lesbian Dinosaurs / Dinosaur Lesbians
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Coquina Soup
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Eleison
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Colloquy on Mad Tom
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The Widowing Radiance
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The Collected Stories of Pietro di Donato
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Only Sons
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Benedetta in Guysterland
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Ellis Island
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The Courtyard of Dreams
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If We Still Lived Where I Was Born
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One Trail of Longing, Another of String
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Stardust Lives in Us
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Hunger
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Let It Be Extravagant
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It Takes a Lifetime to Learn How to Live
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At Home in the New World
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Bitter Bites from Sugar Hills
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Read 'Em and Reap
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Autobiographical Poems
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The Bitter Taste of Strangers' Bread
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La Famiglia
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Baroque
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The Three-Legged One
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Second Thoughts
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The Sonnetarium
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Il mestiere del furbo
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Packs Small Plays Big
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Shifting Borders, Negotiating Places
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Italian Cultural Studies
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Low Italian
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Blood Autumn/Autumno Di Sangue
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Diagnostics
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Moustache Pete Is Dead!: The Frai Noi Columns 1985-1988
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The Literal Truth
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Dreams of an Imaginary New Yorker Named Rizzoli
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Federico F.
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Looking for Cover
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The Sons of the Santorelli
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Italic Lessons
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The Reptilian Interludes (and a Child's Prayer)
Michael Parenti, PhD, Yale, is a well-known author and presenter around the world. He is a leading progressive political commentator in the United States. He has over 250 articles and seventeen books to his credit. His articles have appeared in popular magazines, scholarly publications, and significant newspapers such as the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times have featured his op-ed pieces. His publications and presentations have been read by a wide range of people in North America and around the world.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781599540580 |
| ISBN 10 | 1599540584 |
| Title | Waiting for Yesterday |
| Author | Michael Parenti |
| Series | Via Folios |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bordighera Press |
| Year published | 2013-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 170 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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