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An incredible, searing poem by Alina... Alina Stefanescu she discusses it on the page below oceanstatereview.org/2024/09/06/ali…

not really but i like the way he films his mom making marinara

literary expression, for the woman, is the most sophisticated of the battles she wages for freedom

my contribution to minor li[s]t

i spoke to claudia durastanti about her novel MissItalia—so many gems of wisdom in this exchange from a generational voice:

"From the very start, I was influenced by the official language on the surface, the clandestine language, and the black-market language ..." Claudia Durastanti talks to monalisavitti minorliteratures.com/2024/09/10/cla…

Claudia Durastanti, always so articulate, always bringing something new:

‘I was looking for how we make mythologies out of the recent past. I was more drawn not by faraway places, but by marginalities that are close to home, to how you mythologize your youth, your class, etc.’ Claudia Durastanti for minor literature[s], by monalisavitti

last four watched 😳

Thirty-nine notes on love, by Christina Tudor-Sideri. “39. And in our best delights, we think ourselves immortal.”

Saint Catherine (detail), After Bernardino Luini, 1510 .

Monica Vitti in the streets of Italy

update on this situation

My review of TRACES OF ENAYAT is up at Full Stop!

🍄THE EMPUSIUM: A HEALTH RESORT HORROR STORY by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, publishes today🍄 Read an excerpt on our website: fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/the-empu…