Second Language You come with a little Black string tied Around your tongue, Knotted to remind Where you came from And why you left Behind photographs Of people whose Names need no Pronouncing. How Do you say God Now that the night Rises sooner? How Dare you wake to...
I know that I wouldn’t have completed my concerto “Golden Flute” if I didn’t have the opportunity to stay and work in Civitella Ranieri. NEWS 02/17/2022: American Academy of Arts and Letters 2022 Music...
My five weeks in Civitella were most enjoyable and productive: I wrote six stories, a piece and a poem; I met lovely and intelligent people from all over the world, and had witty and informal conversations with them, enlarging my experience of art and, perhaps more...
Both cities, Pozzuoli in Italy and Guerrero Viejo in Mexico, watched the end of their time coming, and in both cases the form their end would take appeared quite predictable. The only sure thing about Pozzuoli was a slow disintegration; and the possibility of rising...
