Luigi Pirandello: Letter to his wife

“In the heat of passion, everything seems to soar together with those who experience it.” Luigi Pirandello, from I vecchi e i giovani, 1913 Roma, 16 Dic. ’93 Antonietta mia, a chi, prima di partire per la Sicilia, m’ avesse detto: – «Tu, mio caro, ritornerai guarito» – io avrei semplicemente risposto: –…Read more Luigi Pirandello: Letter to his wife

Margherita Guidacci

This is one of the first poems ever posted on my blog (when I had no idea where this blog was headed, or where my love of Italian literature would lead me, or that I would meet so many wonderful authors and poets on this journey) and it is still one of my favourites. #Ecopoetry…Read more Margherita Guidacci

Immortality/Immortalità, a poem by Clare Harner

Immortality Clare Harner Do not stand By my grave, and weep. I am not there, I do not sleep— I am the thousand winds that blow I am the diamond glints in snow I am the sunlight on ripened grain, I am the gentle, autumn rain. As you awake with…Read more Immortality/Immortalità, a poem by Clare Harner

Trilussa: La Lucciola/ The Firefly

So much talk about the importance of translators in the world of literature today. . . Which are we the Moon or the Firefly? LA LUCCIOLA Trilussa La Luna piena minchionò la Lucciola: ― Sarà l’effetto de l’economia, ma quel lume che porti è deboluccio… ― Sì, ― disse quella ― ma la…Read more Trilussa: La Lucciola/ The Firefly