Italian Stories is a must read for anyone with the experience or the curiousity of living with stereotypes. Papaleo has very eloquently presented the challenges and issues Italian-Americans have faced for so long. It is a pure delight to read these extraordinarily well written stories which leave you wanting more when you are finished. Let's hope there is more to follow from him!

Joe Papaleo's voice is loud and clear. The struggling ethnic attempting to dispel the mafia image. At a time when the Soprano's has replaced the Godfather, the italo-americans need this reality. We are not all connected, spaghetti eating, greasy monkeys. Papaleo tells it like it is. He is articulate and breathes a breath of fresh air into the otherwise cigar smoking, garlic breath of the italo-american.