Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. With and Without Words 1
5. Homer in Waterbury: The Backdrop
6. My Homer 7
7. The Unsayable: The Clapps Family
8. Peter and His Brothers 21
9. Paulie e ’u Gagaron’ 28
10. My Father Telling Stories 39
11. The Unsayable 52
12. Before and After Tinfoil: The Becce Family
13. The Anarchist Bastard 77
14. Rille 87
15. Waiting for Vito 89
16. Tre’ Casse 91
17. Keeping Company 93
18. Flesh and Bone 99
19. Both Are True 102
20. Two 112
21. Before and After Tinfoil 118
22. Stitching Our Voices Together 121
23. Coffee And 134
24. Words and Rags 142
25. My AboriginalWomen 153
26. Uffa: Jojo the Monkey 162
27. Dropping in on Sandy 166
28. Notes of an Unredeemed Catholic 171
29. E ’ Poi? And Then?
30. ‘U Bizz’ di Creanz’: A Piece of Politeness 193
31. In Absence 200
32. Without My Tribe 203
33. The Discourse of un’ Propria Papon’ 213
34. Lotions, Potions, and Solutions 218
35. And La La La 226
36. Psychic Arrangements 237