Emilio Fraia

Emilio Fraia

I am really grateful for my time at Civitella. The rhythms my thinking and writing practice took on there were surprising. Time and space to dream. I will cherish this experience forever. A Story (translated by Zoë Perry) So you tell yourself a story. It hangs out for...
Mario Chard

Mario Chard

Before Civitella, I struggled to finish my second collection of poetry for both the usual reasons—time, the challenge of ambition—and also because I knew I needed to leave my home to discover it again, to have that distance from myself for my imagination to restore,...