CUNY TV’s Italics stopped by Lehman’s Leonard Lief Library to learn more about the Joseph Tusiani collection curated by Lehman alumna Marguerite Zappa, who assisted him for many years. Tusiani, who retired from Lehman in 1983, passed away in 2020 at age 96.

Italics is hosted by Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College and Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures. Italics is now in its third decade serving the Italian-American community and those interested in Italian-American history and culture. 

Watch the interview here.