I came to Civitella to begin work on my third novel, and was glad to be able to do that, with surprisingly more ease and at a faster pace than I had thought possible. Along the way, and as a break from the novel, I was also able to complete work on two other books—one...
Here at Civitella I found the perfect setting to develop my research about the relationship between individual and collective identities. I believe that the diversity of such a community represents the greatest source of inspiration both for artists and writers....
A brim is a category. an expression of tradition, an edge that is not to be crossed. its word is never rebutted: under the brim there is often a head, a house, a rare and arrogant nothing. the head, if that of a cow, is pierced with a steel bolt. the cow is first...
