Franca Mancinelli, born 1981, has so far published four poetry books, Mala kruna (2007), Pasta madre (2013), Tutti gli occhi…

The Italian Riveter
According to the UN Refugee Agency there are currently eighty-two million refugees traversing the globe*. Almost half of these refugees…
Sandro Penna (1906-1977) was openly gay and his poems reflect that. He is led by Eros, his poems full of…
Fifty square yards of floor & we danced to bass drum & trumpet rhythms & the women were unstoppable we…
African Grandmothers Lacking the wings of an eagle, resigned, she admires the distant moon, cuddling cats and dogs no longer…
I heard you’re adding up my years in work for my old-age pension: 1 year a labourer for a drainage…