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Gerald Nicosia – Ferlinghetti
for Neeli Cherkovski
Lawrence never let me treat him like a famous man
I sat down to interview him
a green 27-year-old Midwestern kid
He said, “You need...
Silvio Donà – Serial Killer
Rocco did not have any particular reason to hate old women.Yet, he hated them in a ferocious way.Only seeing one of them...
SHORT STORIES
Antonia Buizza – Angela
“Angela, don’t run: you know that after you are going to have a sore throat”.“Ok, mum, I’m coming”.Mother and daughter went back...
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Elizabeth Gilbert – Eat, Pray, Love
The thirty-four-year-old journalist from New York Liz Gilbert decides to travel for a year between Italy, India and Indonesia. This is her life adventure,...
CLASSICS
Gertrude Stein – Johnny Grey
What did he say. I was disagreeing with him.
He said he didn't have it by...
Kate Chopin – Désirée’s Baby
As the day was pleasant, Madame Valmondé drove over to L’Abri to see Désirée and...
T. S. Eliot – Eeldrop and Appleplex
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Eeldrop and Appleplex rented two small rooms in a disreputable part of town. Here they...
James Baldwin – The Blind Men and the Elephant
There were once six blind men who stood by the road-side every day, and begged...
Joseph Conrad – The Lagoon
The white man, leaning with both arms over the roof of the little house in...
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Gerald Nicosia
Born outside Chicago, Gerald Nicosia moved to San Francisco in 1979. He is author of...
