12/21/24 There was an unidentifiable mouth on the path we set out wintering after. Mouth as mute depthless gap perfectly pear in shape imposed by gone automobile, having still half its teeth, silver fuzz on …
Translating the Body, Translating Patrizia Vicinelli
Poetry emerges from the whole body, not just the mind or the tongue. This is especially clear in the work of Italian poet Patrizia Vicinelli (Bologna 1943-1991). Vicinelli often said that her work and her …
far from the eye far from the heart
اﻟﺴﻤﻜﺔ ، ﺣﺘﻰ وھﻲ ﻓﻲ ﺷﺒﺎك اﻟﺼﯿﺎدﯾﻦ ، ﺗﻈﻞ ﺗﺤﻤﻞ راﺋﺤﺔ اﻟﺒﺤﺮ The fish Even in the fisherman’s net Still carries the smell of the sea Mourid Barghouti اﻟﺒﺮﻏﻮﺛﻲ ﻣﺮﯾﺪ I Saw Ramallah ھﻠﻼ رام …
Saga
Saga Un poema fantascientifico / A science-fiction poem • Table of Contents saga (1999-2021) falsa partenza / false start ristoro / rest stop non ritorno / no return ricapitolare / recap ambiguità temporale / …
Editorial Statement – Alfabeti del Corpo
Studying feminist texts of the 1960s-80s is, for me, strategic rather than nostalgic: a pointed response to contemporary lethal attacks on women and reproductive rights. Such attacks are in full force across the Americas—all …
Translation as a Political Experience
The following excerpt is from the paper, “Translation as a Political Experience,” on translating Black feminist texts from English into Italian by Marie Moïse. In the previous section Moïse discusses her co-translation of Angela Davis’s …
Flowers, Not Concrete
1. Hope Insists Action The first comprehensive study of concrete poetry to appear in the US, in 1968, was the influential volume Concrete Poetry: A World View. On its cover appears a concrete poem by …
The Challenges of Translation
I am just like many students of translation — full of hope and theoretical knowledge, along with some practical experience. Studying translation means developing the ability to make decisions and follow through with them. Making …
Feminist Voices: Exploring Emancipation and Family Bonds in Photography, a selection from the Collezione Donata Pizzi
These five works selected from Collezione Donata Pizzi, a collection that holds more than 300 artworks from 1965 to present, collectively illustrate the multifaceted nature of identity, memory, and the human experience, offering insights into …
My Mother’s House Has Many Rooms
Portraiture is my current mode of inquiry because bodies are our best archives. In this collaborative series, I explored photographs of my friends’ ancestors, especially mothers, and responded with work in 35mm color film. Many …
Exercise in Imagination
“I would like to briefly recount in what way and under what circumstances I came to know Quinto Martini in his person and in his art.” [1] Thus begins Mario Richter’s account of his encounter …
Le Città del Pensiero | Atlas Italiae | Photographs by Silvia Camporesi
The selection presented here of Silvia Camporesi’s vast photography production, offers a distinct outlook on Italian landscapes and cultural heritage through the eyes of one of the most influential Italian women photographers, whose work often …
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