Dear Roman Writers,
You should hopefully know that on two occasions we'll be meeting up with Alessandra Bava — poet, translator, and Rome enthusiast — whose poem on Giordano Bruno we discussed on the last day of Reading Rome.
Alessandra has written to me with yet another opportunity for us while we're in the Eternal City. She has recently completed translating and editing an anthology of American poetry, Nuova antologia di poesia americana (Ensemble, 2015). On Friday evening, May 29, she hopes to organize a reading of selections from the volume in the historic center.
She has issued a warm invitation to any and all of us to read from the volume (in English) for the audience of invitees — in other words, to inject some American voices into the proceedings. I hope to participate in this extraordinary opportunity, and I hope that some of you will join me.
If you're not sure at the moment, perhaps you'll change your mind after meeting Alessandra the week before. In any event, I wanted to put this chance to experience Rome's literary and artistic culture on your radar as soon as possible.
Please let me know if you're interested in participating, or if you have any questions.
DC
PS: I realize that not all of us are Americans, strictly speaking; and that America is (or the Americas are) much more than the United States. But, for the purposes of this event, we can be considered de facto Americans due to Skidmore’s location.
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