Under the Shadow of Mortality: Review of Dying Times by Darlene Madott
Darlene Madott’s latest book of fiction, her eighth, might be titled Dying Times (Exile…
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Yearning for Hopeful Resolutions: A Review of Rosanna Micelotta Battigelli’s Pigeon Soup & Other Stories
Since the first acts of creation the roots of civilization have been grounded in the…
Francesco Filippi’s Mussolini Also Did a Lot of Good
Because Adolf Hitler is the stark monster of 20th-century history, a diabolical warlord…
To Make a Bridge: Antonia Facciponte’s Poetic Debut
In the beginning there is a bridge, and we are standing beneath it, “eyelids sutured /…
The Thin Line Between Good and Evil
Captivating and evocative, the graphic memoir Patria: Crescere in tempo di Guerra (The…
Exploring the Depths of Loss and Hope, Grief and Resilience
For over 35 years Gianna Patriarca has been writing sensitive ethno-centric poetry about…
Il filo sottile tra bene e male in Patria, Crescere in tempo di guerra di Bruna Martini
A fare da sfondo all’accattivante e suggestivo graphic memoir Patria. Crescere in tempo…
The Past Is Not Such a Foreign Country
It was 1811, the year of Napoleon’s Comet and the birth of his son. It was a time…
Making Sense of a Troubled Life in My Father, Fortune-Tellers & Me by Eufemia Fantetti
Eufemia Fantetti’s most recent book, My Father, Fortune-Tellers & Me: A Memoir…
Inside the Noisy Bubble of a Totalitarian State: Possess the Air by Taras Grescoe
Taras Grescoe presents himself as a travel writer who falls for a place and then looks…