I arrived at Civitella with no set agenda, no project which I’d conceived in advance. I had recently finished a book of poems, and while I had written one or two new things since the book’s publication, I was not feeling particularly engaged by my work. I thought...
Civitella Ranieri is an exquisite place to work. There is a grand feeling here of care-taking that is rare and stupendous and lucky. As if the goal of the staff, and the deeper spirit and mission of the place, is really and truly about the commitment to an environment...
I came to Civitella during a period of transition in my writing life, looking to gather the work of several years and prepare for a new chapter. What I found here was an extraordinary reservoir of the most needed elements in an artist’s life: inspiration, discipline,...
Ode to Civitella Follow the winding road into the long-ago story of enchantment. Before sunrise, heed the rooster free of our introspective frowns, nourished by the song he crows. Feel the morning mist like a blessing stroke the harmony of wheat, sunflowers heavy in...
