New York, February 6, 2018 Anna Weesner (DG 2015) has won the Virgil Thomson Award in Vocal Music of $40,000. The award, endowed by the Virgil Thomson Foundation and administered by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, recognizes an American composer of vocal...
Two new books, House of Fact, House of Ruin and The Land Between Two Rivers: Writing in an Age of Refugees, both published by Graywolf Press, have been released from Tom Sleigh (CRF 2014). Visit his website for reviews and additional information on where the books can...
Please join Civitella Ranieri on Friday, September 28th, 2018 at 6:00pm for Four, a poetry reading by Michele Glazer, Joanna Klink, Dana Prescott, and Mary Szybist.
February, 2017 Dear Civitellians, A mild winter has settled over Civitella and many of our days are filled with mist, fog, and scattered clouds. This is perfect hiking weather, apart from a bit of mud clinging to the soles of our shoes. The trees are bare,...
The Artist Project at The Metropolitan Museum of Art The following eight Civitellians are featured in The Met’s The Artist Project (videos are linked). The Artist Project is an online series in which The Met gives artists an opportunity to respond to its...
Foundation will receive the late poet’s books The poetry world was recently hard hit by the death of Mark Strand in November, 2014. Mark, who had been a frequent visitor to Umbria and to Civitella Ranieri Foundation, had been planning a return visit in the...
