Not much writing got done those first few days–there was the jet lag, which messed with my sleeping, but also the feeling of being in a constant dream-state. I now lived in a castle! I walked the halls at night in slippers, automatic lights noiselessly...
Excerpt from A Passage North (2021) The present, we assume, is eternally before us, one of the few things in life from which we cannot be parted. It overwhelms us in the painful first moments of entry into the world, when it is still too new to be managed or...
Looking For Transwonderland, Travels in Nigeria https://civitella.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Looking-For-Transwonderland-Travels-in-Nigeria.m4a NEWS 11/06/2021: “My Nigeria: Five Writers and Artists Reflect on the Place They Call Home” in the Guardian...
I felt blessed to spend a month in the idyllic castle where I drafted a chapter of my yet to be untitled nonfiction book and wrote poems for my fourth collection of poems. To be in Civitella was especially magical after over a year of being hemmed in by the pandemic....
I have found Civitella to be an ideal place not only for artistic work, but for bringing together artists of different backgrounds to form a tight-knit community. We cared for each other, helped each other, and have created bridges between cultures that did not...
