Author: josephpolacco

GIOVANNI ‘O SCUGNIZZO, Joe Polacco’s New Novel, is out! A family history in an historical fiction setting Giovanni was my immigrant great-grandfather. I was born five years after his 1939 passing, both events taking place in South Brooklyn. My mother, Vina, related precious snippets of her beloved grandfather Giovanni’s (mis)adventures, habits, sayings, and quirks. I … Continue reading Giovanni, Street Urchin of Naples

Readings from “Vina, A Brooklyn Memoir,” and a visual tour of Bensonhurst, today and then, as part of Orr St Studios’ Hearing Voices/Seeing Visions series. Continue reading Book Reading, Orr St Studios, Oct 10, 7 PM

Join with friends MONDAY, December 19, 6 PM, at Umbria Rustic Italian restaurant, 904 Elm St (South end of 10th St.), Columbia Missouri. Complimentary libations, food (while they last) and lasting fellowship in the Banquet Room and a book talk in the Old World Wine Cellar Room.  Joe will read passages from “Vina.”  Stay for dinner!! Continue reading Wine, Anti-pasto and Reading: Umbria Restaurant, Monday Dec 19, 2016

Saturday, Dec 3, 10 AM – 2 PM come meet local authors, and learn of their work, at the Daniel Boone Regional Library (Broadway and Garth).  Joe Polacco will be one of the authors and will gladly discuss his motivation and inspiration for writing “Vina, A Brooklyn Memoir.” Continue reading Columbia Authors’ Event. December 3, 2016