Antonio Gramsci Biography ‘To Live Is to Resist’ Is Unrivaled
In Gramscian fashion, Frétigné details the material conditions of Antonio Gramsci’s insight and influence while shirking historical determinism and abstract idealism.
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Cyberhills of Isolation and Connection: Italy in the Time of Coronavirus
Ironically, the very thing many have lamented as chief atomizer of humankind, social media, has proven to be indispensable for bringing us together — and for bringing me solace while, like Boccaccio's women in Decameron, I wait out the pandemic in the hills of Abruzzo.
‘Chronicles of a Liquid Society’ and the Best Dinner Companion for End Times
The significance of Umberto Eco's work as collected here is found not in his astonishing foresight but in his reasoning.
Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – ‘Canzoniere’ (album stream) (premiere)
Pop Goes the Pizzica -- Italy's leading traditional band makes a "songbook" for the world
‘The Tree of Wooden Clogs’ Is Extraordinary in Its Depiction of Tenant Farmers
In a world of absolutes and cruel consequences, if an entire family’s future is destroyed due to the cutting of a single tree, then that’s simply how things are.
The Tapes: Selected Works 1982-1992
For a sampling of daring, unique underground industrial music from the Mediterranean, this is a document well worth studying and enjoying.
Loss and Selfishness, Isolation and Pleasure and Other Themes in Italian Literature
Tim Parks' A Literary Tour of Italy is no tour guide of the haunts of famous writers; it's an informative choice for readers seeking the best that Italian writers can offer.
Area: 11 April 2014 – London
The passing time has left the band’s musicianship untouched, so much so that one could be forgiven for occasionally thinking that, outside, on the now dark streets of London, the IRA is still planting car bombs.
Raging Fires: O’Priò’s “La Deposizione”
Italian rapper O'Priò fires off a missive to a former crime boss and sheds light on environmental disaster.