Updates from Kate Soper

Updates from Kate Soper

In case anyone could use a dose of humour or literary speculation or new music sci-fi,” Kate Soper (CRF 2017) has shared some videos with us: Micro skit about hopes and dreams in 2020: WISHNew normals and beyond: HYPOTHETICALFive-part narrative series on...
Jericho Brown On Being

Jericho Brown On Being

The poet Jericho Brown (CRF 2015) reminds us to bear witness to the complexity of the human experience, to interrogate the proximity of violence to love, and to look and listen closer so that we might uncover the small truths and surprises in life on this episode of...
Jay Deshpande – New Publication

Jay Deshpande – New Publication

Jay Deshpande (CRF 2018)’s new chapbook, The Umbrian Sonnets, is now available for preorder. Written during his fellowship at Civitella Ranieri, these poems explore a problem he find myself facing more and more these days: What use is beauty in a time of so much...
Carlo Pizzati and Tishani Doshi Reading – CANCELLED

Carlo Pizzati and Tishani Doshi Reading – CANCELLED

Dear Friends of Civitella,Just this past week all of Italy, with Umbria included, has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases.  To do our part in helping control the virus, we have decided it is in the public’s best interest to cancel our Thursday evening event of...
Pélagie Gbaguidi – Berlin Biennial

Pélagie Gbaguidi – Berlin Biennial

Pélagie Gbaguidi (CRF 2018) is part of the 11th Berlin Biennial, with an installation called Zone de Troc, running through November first. Learn more here.