Bordighera Press publishes italianità in North America, offering nuanced and singular views of the Italian diasporic experience.
Founded by Fred Gardaphé, Paolo Giordano, and Anthony Julian Tamburri in 1990, Bordighera Press was, for thirty-four years, an independent, nonprofit publisher specializing in the latest research and critical works; new voices in poetry and prose; and reprinting significant contributions in the fields of migration, Italian diasporas, and Italian Americana. In 2024 Bordighera Press was acquired by The City University of New York and is now an imprint of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College, The City University of New York.
VIA: Voices in Italian Americana is a semiannual literary and scholarly review of and about the cultures of Italy and its diasporas from Bordighera Press. Open to all contributors, VIA features fiction, essays, poetry, critical studies, and visual works that offer nuanced and singular views of the Italian diasporic experience.
Note: Manuscripts should be formatted according to The Chicago Manual of Style. Prose submissions are limited to 5000 words; poetry should not exceed five pages. Contributors grant VIA first serial rights and receive a complimentary digital edition of the issue. Discounts are available on print copies.