FRANCES FAHY Grabbing his startled wife’s arm, Andrew Elliot bolted out of their once favourite Palermo fruit and vegetable market, a stone’s throw from the university where they’d both worked as lecturers until about four years ago. A time that…
(SILVIA PIO, edited by) «To be honest, when I first saw him there was something that turned me off, but I have to admit that there was something that turned me very much on. Mmm… Because he was new, I…
Born in Dubai, in 1962, he is a poet, story writer, author and journalist. He graduated in Education and Psychology, obtained a higher diploma in Gulf Affairs, and attended various training courses in journalism in USA. After graduating in 1986…
Gabor G. Gyukics (born in 1958) is a Hungarian-American poet, literary translator and author of five books of original poetry, four in Hungarian, one in English (Last Smile), and nine books of translations including A Transparent Lion, selected poetry of…
SILVIA PIO Those who have been in this part of Italy know how wild it is on the hills called Alta Langa. They are isolated and remote, people have left to find work elsewhere and those who have stayed, or…
LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE Around Mondovì farmers took the first hay late this year, in the last week of May. I have been wondering why, have talked it over with J., who knows a great deal about most plants but not…
LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE AND SILVIA PIO (edited by) Some bio information. Ali Znaidi (b. 1977) lives in Redeyef, Tunisia, where he teaches English. He graduated with a BA in Anglo-American Studies in 2002 from the University of Sfax for the…
Poet and review writer, he is from Hyderabad City. He has been composing poetry for the past 25 years, producing nearly 1200 poems, several of which appeared in international literary journals, anthologies, websites etc. He has been conferred with many…
SILVIA PIO Maria Luisa Berneri was born in Arezzo, Italy, in 1918 and died in London in 1949: a short and remarkable life. She spent her childhood up to the age of 8 in Italy, from 8 to 19 she…
SILVIA PIO Mountains rise above the sea and dominate inlets rich in fish and coral. Small beaches shine white among dark rocks, coarse sand made of ancient shells and corals, crumbled and altered by Time. Only pinkish shades reveal the…
LESLIE MCBRIDE WILE Somewhere a bell was ringing—an old bell, a school or a church bell, swinging slow and heavy. Joanne surfaced, up from sleep into the sonorous pealing, felt the darkness of early morning on her eyelids. She sensed…
(SILVIA PIO, edited by) Born in Rollegem, in the Flemish part of Belgium, where Dutch is one of the official languages, in 1987 he moved to the Mediterranean artist village of Altea, where he still lives. One of his books,…
STEVEN K. SMITH Gould Farm, considered the oldest therapeutic community in the United States, is located near the village of Monterey in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts. The Farm currently assists those dealing with major mental illness such as…
