You're nine months pregnant and on a bus in Rome. Will anyone let you sit?
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Humanities
In a society of things and production, literature and the arts struggle for space.
Quaking
The works of Tony Judt help give perspective to a Sabina Guzzanti film.
Half-empty Cup
Despite media eloquence, the United States is a world away from the World Cup.
Nobody’s fool
According to Anglo folklore, Italy, not Greece, was supposed to break Europe. Here's why it didn't.
Brutta figura
When the city disappoints, it can so so harshly, caring little for who's watching.
O polpo
The octopus doesn't make a cook's life easy. The first step is dealing with the meat.
Why can’t we?
After "Yes we can" comes a sterner bit of Americana, born of European roots.
Icarus
Son of an an Italian father and an American-mother, poet Lauro De Bosis flew too high.
Behind blue eyes
Wearing sunglasses indoors isn't a statement of vanity, it's a vanishing act.
Varie ed imprevisiti
The maxi-posters in Rome's historic center speak for a cash-hungry city that exists outside time.
The corrections
Fiction about Italy owes the country accuracy and the chance to be itself.