Richard DiDonato holds a copy of his father Pietro Di Donato's novel, Christ in Concrete, at his home in Ithaca, NY, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. The late Pietro Di Donato was a preeminent Italian-American writer in American Fiction, whose iconic 1939 novel, Christ in Concrete, is recognized as the definitive story depicting the Italian-American Experience. Richard is on a path to resurrect his father’s legacy, building a repository of his life.
(Photo by Heather Ainsworth)