Category Archives: Rome/Italy
Pietro Citati & Cristina Campo
The summer of 1993, I was in Venice for the Biennale. For the train ride back to Tuscany, I’d been given a first-class ticket and eagerly went to my compartment. There was still some time before departure so I sat … Continue reading
Tribunal of Souls
Feltrinelli’s book store, towards Piazza della Repubblica, Roma When we go to Feltrinelli’s at Piazza della Repubblica, I immediately head for the English language section. That’s where I discovered Donato Carrisi’s “The Lost Girls of Rome” (2011), the English translation … Continue reading
Self-defining Women
For a long time, Italy existed as a cluster of independent states getting in one another’s way. The ideal of a national identity led to the Risorgimento, a social and political movement to unite Italy. After years of conflict, Italy … Continue reading
Trams need Trees
Sunday we voted on the referendum. My voting station is in the neighborhood of San Lorenzo. Originally a working class neighborhood, it eventually became trendy in part because of its nearness to La Sapienza University. This is via dei Reiti … Continue reading



