Ritratti Portraits
Room to roam
By dint of "room to roam" and write and be, the peregrinating Tina Marisa Rocchio breaks boundaries while crafting a room of her own as a female writer.
Sunday in the cemetery
For the longest time, I thought in his 1978 hit, “Bomba O Non Bomba,” Antonello Venditti was singing, “A Firenze dormimmo in un intellettuale,” playing with the word “letto” (bed) [...]
Amedeo Ciaccheri
What is literature without politics? What is social study without politics? The word speaks for itself, at its heart polis — people, because the city is a community of citizens. [...]
Soundscapes in Garbatella
Each day I run down and climb up the sixty-three steps to my apartment at least once, often several times. There are three flights, each one divided in eight plus [...]
Author
Tina Marisa Rocchio grew up in Vermont but has spent her adult life in Italy. She is fascinated by place, identity, and belonging.