I can’t write in summer, that’s what I always tell myself, I need naked trees around me and days shorter than nights. So I arrived at Civitella in June with no set agenda, except for finishing the editing of my second novel. But then, as I stayed in this incredible...
For my first week or so at Civitella I wrote nothing. Then I wrote furiously—poems, some tinkering with essays. And then, mysteriously, several short pieces of fiction appeared. I’d abandoned work on a book of stories several years before, and now I know I’ll complete...
I have not been to one before, have never applied for such a Fellowship; if the truth be told, a residency within a community of artists sounded nothing short of repulsive. Civitella Ranieri was a revelation. I could not have imagined how being liberated from one’s...
During 35 days at Civitella I was able to completely revise a novel-length manuscript. The environment is very conducive to the writing life. I worked in the morning, then took a peaceful walk around the countryside, then worked some more. When inspired to do so, I...
(1930-2020) I see the evening starrow & the new moon togethersleeping in a velvet peace of tomorrow Greetings. Homage. Libation to TheeO Mother of the Morning who dwelleth in thy Boat upon the waters of the valleyawaiting the sunrise of spacethe light coming out...
