A portrait of the late Pietro Di Donato is pictured on the back jacket of his novel, Christ in Concrete, at his son, Richard Di Donato's home in Ithaca, NY, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. The late Pietro Di Donato was a preeminent Italian-American writer in American Fiction, and Christ in Concrete was recognized as the definitive story depicting the Italian-American Experience. Di Donato's son, Richard, is on a path to resurrect his father’s legacy, building a repository of his life.
(Photo by Heather Ainsworth)