To rise out of the mist each morninginto a version of The Peacable Kingdom feeling as dumbly content as Mr. Hicks’s lionsfor the first hour or two, and then to confront the beauty of Umbriaand person — correction: persons — allconcerned with (one way or...
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...
(1955- 2022) I was interested to see how nature and silence would affect my work. Normally I work in busy, urban settings. Due to my practice of finding materials in my immediate surroundings, I looked down and around me to see what materials were available here....
