One last dance
The author's father is getting married at 78, and the impending change elicits a flood of thoughts and memories.
Between two countries
For an American who spent vital years in Rome, nostalgia is less abstract than it is a kind of calling.
About a dog
The story of a dog often has much in common with the story of a human life and its passages.
A powerful day
Mother's Day is powerful day when it triggers a flood a memories, and with it a sense of loving loss.
L’Americana
Mulling over a return to poetry takes you back in time, some of it informed by Rome.
Rome Zenophobia
Zenobia can legitimately lay claim to the best Middle Eastern restaurant in Rome.
Autobiography of a Face
Lucy Grealy transcends victimization in her cancer narrative. She fought the disease for 18 years.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini's second effort outstrips his best-selling first novel, delving into pained father-son ties.
Joseph Tusiani
"When I was a child, coffee was a luxury in Italy. Only a few people bought it, and for special occasions, a wake, say..."
The Road from Coorain
Jill Ker Conway's recalls her journey from Australia to the halls of American academia.
Leopardi clean
With your Rome roommate, there's clean and then there's Leopardi clean.
Truth and Beauty
Ann Patchett's recounts her friendship with the doomed writer Lucy Grealy.