While I was at Civitella Ranieri I worked on my third book, a novel-in-progress which explores time and the fragile attempts we make to hold onto specific moments and memories. What I didn’t expect was that my own time at the castle would become so rich and so...
My time at Civitella was inspiring and productive. How could it not be, high up in the turret studio of Barbagianni! I am currently working on a new collection of poems, and I wrote drafts of several new poems. The conversations I had with the four other poets in my...
Most of what surrounds you at Civitella Ranieri either remains close to its natural state (the stones, the cedars) or has been made by hand from basic materials (the timbers in the bedroom ceiling, the castle bricks, the food). Plastic does not abound. The enduring...
