Reading the City | Leggere la città
This reading was part of the two-day series “Celebrating the City,” taking place May 10–11, 2021. Seven writers with distinct experiences of Rome read new works written especially for the American Academy’s year of “The City.” Musing on Rome but not only, they considered cities as transitional environments, as places marked by past, present, and future, existing between material foundations and their creative reinvention. Personal itineraries deep into the city of Rome also extended across the horizon to New York, Tokyo, and Mogadishu. Participants included: Leonardo Colombati, Claudia Durastanti (2015 Italian Fellow), Marco Lodoli, Melania Mazzucco, Francesco Pacifico, Tommaso Pincio (2012 Italian Fellow), and Igiaba Scego. The event was curated by Maria Ida Gaeta, founder of the Casa delle Letterature and the Festival Internazionale di Massenzio in Rome, and advisor in literature to AAR. The readings are in Italian with simultaneous translation into English. Download a PDF of the event program here: https://www.aarome.org/sites/default/files/filefield_paths/evento-leggere-la-citta-11-maggio.pdf Reading the City | Leggere la città is made possible by the Adele Chatfield-Taylor and John Guare Fund for the Arts.
This reading was part of the two-day series “Celebrating the City,” taking place May 10–11, 2021. Seven writers with distinct experiences of Rome read new works written especially for the American Academy’s year of “The City.” Musing on Rome but not only, they considered cities as transitional environments, as places marked by past, present, and future, existing between material foundations and their creative reinvention. Personal itineraries deep into the city of Rome also extended across the horizon to New York, Tokyo, and Mogadishu. Participants included: Leonardo Colombati, Claudia Durastanti (2015 Italian Fellow), Marco Lodoli, Melania Mazzucco, Francesco Pacifico, Tommaso Pincio (2012 Italian Fellow), and Igiaba Scego. The event was curated by Maria Ida Gaeta, founder of the Casa delle Letterature and the Festival Internazionale di Massenzio in Rome, and advisor in literature to AAR. The readings are in Italian with simultaneous translation into English. Download a PDF of the event program here: https://www.aarome.org/sites/default/files/filefield_paths/evento-leggere-la-citta-11-maggio.pdf Reading the City | Leggere la città is made possible by the Adele Chatfield-Taylor and John Guare Fund for the Arts.