A large and troubled piazza
Piazza Vittorio: an enormous rectangular space not far from Stazione Termini, Rome’s central train station, surrounded by magnificent 19th-century porticoes [...]
Creature of Habit
Like many, I am an abitudinaria, a creature of habit. When friends suggest we go out for dinner and ask [...]
Annhilation
In "Annihilation," long-time British paranormal devotee Alex Garland boards the cellular mutation express and doesn't get off until he's covered [...]
Whimpers before roars
Reverse American history for a moment. Think of a country composed of a few dozen states, each sovereign and separately [...]
Long before Luke
Zaragoza (or Saragossa) was a name to conjure with, once upon a time. I first came upon it in a [...]
Paese dei miracoli, redux
Flip the roles of Mike Pence and Donald Trump and — with a bit of poetic license — you get [...]