May 1, 2008
Holy Land USA, a Religious Vision in Ruins
Joseph Sciorra
Holy Land USA, Waterbury, CT, 2005.
During the 1960s and 1970s, 40,000 people visited Waterbury, CT annually to pray at Holy Land USA, a Catholic theme park created by John Greco. Now it lies in ruins.
May 1, 2008
An Introduction
The tiny street in Santo Stefano leading from my house to the piazza
Looking Back...
Looking Ahead
Recensione: “Nessun porco è signorina”. I bambini dei quartieri popolari napoletani raccontano...
“Nessun porco è signorina”. Nuovo libro del maestro Marcello D’Orta autore del successo straordinario che ha ormai vent'anni, "Speriamo che me la cavo". Anche questa volta lo scrittore si cimenta con l'infanzia e la quotidianità napoletana e precisamente con il rapporto che i bambini dei quartieri popolari della città (Forcella, Secondigliano, Sanità) hanno con gli animali
Roberto Saviano: "Camorra is a European problem, not just a Neapolitan one"
The European webzine cafebabel.com interviewed Roberto Saviano, author of Gomorra, a book that denounces how the Camorra, the Neapolitan mafia, has changed by becoming a multinational and tentacular corporation.
Stanislao Pugliese's Edition of "Fear of Freedom." Levi's Book as a Poetic Text
Stanislao G. Pugliese (Hofstra University) launched his new edition of Carlo Levi's Fear of Freedom at the Italian Academy (Columbia University) with a round-table discussion featuring Peter Caravetta (Stony Brook) and Alexander Stille (Columbia)
Leggo "Gomorra" e sono a casa
Leggendo "Gomorra" di Saviano mi sono ritrovato nelle strade di casa mia, io infatti, vivo a Secondigliano o meglio, alla periferia di Secondigliano. Sono nella periferia della periferia, in qualche chilometro di strada fra I “cattivi” di Scampia e o buoni del Vomero (quartiere “bene” di Napoli).
Rome Turns Right
Berlusconi chalks up his second victory this month. “We’ll be licking these wounds for as long as we have tongues, and maybe longer,” was the mournful comment of Alessandro Robecchi, in the left-wing newspaper Il Manifesto.
April 30, 2008
Rome Turns Right
Celbrating their victory in Rome, far rightists raise arms in Fascist-style salutes and yell "Duce, Duce!"
Berlusconi chalks up his second victory this month. “We’ll be licking these wounds for as long as we have tongues, and maybe longer,” was the mournful comment of Alessandro Robecchi, in the left-wing newspaper Il Manifesto.
April 30, 2008
Politiche 2008: analisi e commenti
Elezioni all’uovo di Pasqua: le sorprese non sono mancate
April 30, 2008
Remembering the Caffe Cino
Joe Cino inside his cafe
In November 1958, Joe Cino started a theatrical revolution when he opened his Caffe Cino in Greenwich Village
Drawn to The Canvas: Grzegorz Stec’s Controlled Violent Brushstrokes
Poem from Grzegorz Stec's website.
.......human progress is a growing intensity
to notice about half a dozen primary secrets
which in the dimness of history pulsate
in the shape of eternally beating hearts.
Ortega y Gasset
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