From the well (J’accuse)
If we are afraid of opinions that are not all the rage,
if what other people think scares us,if we don’t have the courage...
Silvio Donà – The first copy arrives
“It’s here!”
My wife’s voice on the phone is excited, even a little bit scared.
“Are you sure? ” I ask. It’s a stupid question, I...
Heiko H. Caimi – Poems in the Wind
The square. The portico. The clock tower, standing out from the city hall behind the square, reminds the townspeople of the uncertainty of time....
Silvio Donà – It’s an iPhone that, isn’t it?
Scene: the crowded compartment of a (filthy, need I say it?) Italian train.
A guy in jeans and a casual jacket is trying to cut...
Obsession is elsewhere
-But writing what?
-Writing about obsession, death.
-What obsession? What death?
-Writing about obsession, writing about death.
-I do not understand.
-You cannot. You cannot if you do not...
Silvio Donà – Alien Vs Accountant
What will people think of me?
I’m an idiot. That’s clear. It’s hard to balme them.
What do you think of somebody, who, while sitting at...
Heiko H. Caimi – Part -Time (or “On Springs”)
«The director was even moved», said Irina, the editor in chief of Amoreux.
«I'm glad», said Imerio at the other end of the line. But...
Gabriella Tonin – Aunt Serafina
The love of reading is her gift.
Reserved and, according to some, a bit grumpy, Aunt Serafina had been silently waiting for retirement, and then,...
Silvio Donà – Father, What Do You Do for a Living?
Living room of a middle-class apartment. A man in his forties, wearing jeans and a cotton shirt, is sitting on the couch with a...
Michele Curatolo – A Journey with the Master
The Master is a living median reincarnation between Yoko Ono and John Lennon, as if in his features, in his gestures, and even in...
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Pina Piccolo – I Would Have Liked To Be patti smith
I would have liked to be
patti smith.
Locks of rebellious
gray hair.
Indomitable
gaunt visage.
The jacket:
the worn-out one
from Horses
that dangles
carelessly
from a shoulder.
And to continue tapping
with your slim...
Valerio Evangelisti – One Big Union
A tale in between/A link between Antracite (Anthracite) and Noi saremo tutto (We shall be everything), One Big Union talks about/deals with the fights...
Silvio Donà – The rookie writer launching his new novel: chronicle of a foretold...
No matter how you succeeded in publishing a book: either you are the genius of the millennium, or you paid for it, or you...
Sotirios Pastakas – Babel
No, I don’t come from Eleusis. Southern Italy.
Sandy returned from the Aegean rally in Nisyros.
I found Yannis in 37 and he bought me a...
“Shock bibliotherapy” suggestions
Shock bibliotherapy suggestions… every book, both fiction and non-fiction, can inspire, help, and guide us in every walk of life, as long as we...
