How an Emperor Helped Lorenzo Da Ponte Get to America
There was one foreigner come aboard. Navigating by starlight, you might say. Only a hard…
Writings
Long Espresso
It was a lovely day outside. The warm, gentle breeze caressed his unshaven face. Spring…
One All Souls’ Day
On that November morning, she slipped into the dress she’d worn to the last family…
Secret Histories
Edited with an introduction by Lawrence DiStasi, Una Storia Segreta: The Secret History…
La Finestra
In the summer of love, I was 12 years old and living a white bread existence in the west…
In Search of Divine Connection
In The Honeymoon Wilderness (Mansfield, 2002), Pier Giorgio Di Cicco writes the kind of…
Day After Day
I am scribbling these notes moments before departure. I have awakened from a dream which…
The Light and Sky in Winnipeg
This sunlight belongs in a Mediterranean harbour or outside the shade of a small orange…
Short Espresso
It was a lovely winter day. A white blanket covered the streets and sidewalks. The snow,…
The Colour of Mary’s Love: A Sicilian Legend
Mary, the Mother of Jesus, is inconsolable after her son’s death. She wants to be…