(1942-2004) La Svizzera e’ vicina, the employee at the telephone exchange had assured me when, after an hour’s wait, the sole telephone booth was finally free; direct dialing had been introduced some time ago, we only needed to dial the number and the phone at the...
To be a Fellow at Civitella Ranieri is to be reminded that while the forces of creativity can be difficult to court, there are rare environments where receptivity to these forces widens and where one is afforded the inner latitude to recognize and invite them in. I am...
Novel excerpt: Winter is the city is a big, irritable man walking down the street at twilight with gray trash blowing around him. He is constricted against the cold, and even though he is walking energetically, he is secretly turned inward. Deep in his chest, behind...
Civitella gave me the time and space to be more productive than I’ve been in years. I wrote two long poems that would have taken at least 6 months to create if I’d been at home. My fellow artists were–to a person!–supportive, fascinating, and...
