Memoirs

Cullen Murphy’s new book Just Passing Through: A Seven Decade Roman Holiday, deals with the diaries of Milton Gendel, who is my father. They date from the 1930’s through to his death age 99 in 2018, and fill nine filing...

“This wasn’t just the old man who limped everywhere. The more I learned about my grandfather, the more I felt distant from him,” said Mark Pedri. In his expedition-based documentary “Dear Sirs,” director Mark Pedri and his wife, producer Carrie...

“I am sure his audience did not know all the vicissitudes experienced during his childhood and adolescence in Naples, such as the bombing of the family factory, or the strength it took to start over after WWII, or the journey,...