SILVIA PIO Maria Luisa Berneri was born in Arezzo, Italy, in 1918 and died in London in 1949: a short and remarkable life. She spent her childhood up to the age of 8 in Italy, from 8 to 19 she…
ROGAN WOLF The Other Side I dreamed last night I crossed a bridge and was terrified by the strangeness of the other side, how dangerous it felt to know so little of what to say and where to hide my…
SILVIA PIO He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train…
GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT RECOGNITION Stacked on the writing table the books multicolored, large and small, thin and thick poetry from all over the world. Peaceful words waiting for the recognition, for the acceptance of being distinct and different, to be…
SILVIA PIO A few weeks before the wedding, my best friend’s daughter decided to break up with her boyfriend, with whom she had been sharing a flat for two years. What to do with the stuff in the flat? Furniture…
SILVIA PIO She saw the bottom where the water was sweet, surrendered her body to the waves she feared as a gift, and dreamed the dreams she had kept to give as presents wrapped with indecision (and you used to…
Margutte is closing for the holidays. Best greetings. (Artwork: Nadia Martynenko, Ukraine)
SILVANO GREGOLI Canberra, April 1995 It’s almost time to leave. Four years in Australia and the chapter is already closing. At this point it is customary to put together a few souvenirs. The first one is ready. It is a…
EMILY DICKINSON In the Italian page Gabriella Mongardi analyzes Emily Dickinson’s poems focusing on the element ‘water’. Here are the poems quoted in her article. 107 ‘Twas such a little – little boat That toddled down the bay! ‘Twas such…
JOHN IRVING CLARKE The sycamore sapling sited on the curve of the carefully chosen soft grass verges route in the park. Twice the scene of a near-hit as the cycle wobbled the bend, foreshadowing a cartoon image of a man chasing…
ROGAN WOLF A new collection of 25 English poems for children has just gone online. It is new in more ways than one. Each poem is carefully matched with an original abstract painting by an artist called Rachel Stevens, who…
Literary translators are already experiencing how the automation of intellectual work and human language affects their field and society as a whole: both art and democracy are under threat. We, the literary translators’ associations of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, along…
GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT SMART PHONE In the waiting room sits a large number of travelers. With one notable exception, all of them are busy with a little thing called smart phone that fascinates them all the time. With two thumbs at…
JOHN IRVING CLARKE Chapter One Cassandra Jackson I love him to bits. Of course, I do. He’s absolutely gorgeous. Sometimes when he’s asleep I look at those lovely long eyelashes curling up and I watch his gentle breathing, the soft…
RICHARD BERENGARTEN It is the death of children most offends nature and justice. No use asking why. What justice is, nobody comprehends. What punishment can ever make amends? There’s no pretext, excuse or alibi. It is the death of children…
