Oral History

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The Story Is True, Second Edition, Revised and Expanded

By Bruce Jackson
Subjects: Literature

Delves into the meaning of stories, their tellers, and those who experience them.

Stories, Streets, and Saints

A time capsule of a classic Italian American neighborhood, told in the voices of its inhabitants.

By the Breath of Their Mouths

Examines the liberating power of speech and its influence on generations of Italian American writers.

Speaking Lives, Authoring Texts

Critical edition of three women’s oral slave narratives.

It Happened in Brooklyn

Over one hundred voices recall, chronicle, and celebrate the Brooklyn of legend.

It Happened in the Catskills

More than one hundred voices recall the "Borscht Belt" in its heyday.