Kristine Crane, Associate Editor, Author at The American Mag

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

David Sedaris trawls for and finds hilarious anecdotes in family misadventures.

After 40 years, the Economy, an institution in English language culture and expatriate life in Rome, had no choice but to close.

Leonida Fassi remembers the ice cream cake his father made for Adolf Hitler.

You hear Arabic, Serbo-Croat, and Chinese spoken around the piazza, and most shops are Chinese-owned.

My first crush was on my fifth-grade teacher, Mr. Skay.

This strong, insightful story of two Afgan brothers under brutal Taliban rule made Hosseini's fame.

Relationships and marriages between Italians and expat foreigners can be tricky.

"Contrary to what everyone thinks, even the Germans had their jazz orchestras during the war."

Peter Tompkins: "If you're facing the Gestapo, you're kind of nervous."

The idea of a black pope is an intriguing prospect, but also one with complications.