My time at Civitella Ranieri was absolute heaven. During my six weeks, I wrote an essay, did final revisions on a short story, and made real headway on my novel. To be surrounded by such beauty and art and history and kindness was extraordinary. This place and the...
“La Internacional de los Dementes” Project Summary “La Internacional de los Dementes” is a narrative project based on real medical histories belonging to what I would call an “archive in progress”, taken from the depths of the José T. Borda Mental Hospital in Buenos...
Civitella is a space where the best parts of humanity are given a chance to flourish. There should be a program where world politicians and leaders can go and live there and be with us, and see how much can change for the better, in heart and mind, when a meal is...
“Okay,” she said. “Enough thinking now. Tell, no.” “You’ve heard this one already.” “That’s all right. Tell.” So he ate, and told her an old story, which he had told her many times before: in the days when he was just a...
