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Back to Italy for a week — while revising my novel

I don’t want to finish revising my novel, The Renaissance Club, because then I will have to leave the Italy in my mind. Unless I can conjure up another Italy-centered project or a plane ticket, it’s my best form of travel these days, the armchair, or should I say deskchair variety of touring. And there are only two distant places I’ve ever visited: India and Italy. Of the two, it’s more comfortable by far to…

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My poem “Better Angel” Appearing at Antiphon

I’m delighted to have a new poem, “Better Angel,” up in the current issue of Antiphon, an online literary journal based in England. Described as “providing a showcase for the best in contemporary British and international poetry,” Antiphon presents its issues in four “acts” — a dramatic conceit I find engaging, as a playwright. The idea that each issue builds a story, reaches a climax, and has a conclusion is satisfying to me. Also satisfying…

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