100 challenge_Roberta Gattel

Requiem, Anna Achmatova, 1935 I’ve always loved the total absence of frills in Anna Akhmatova's poems. There are no metaphors, comparisons, or anaphors—everything that I used to consider constitutive of...

The myth of Beauty, Naomi Wolf, 1990   I once argued with a friend about a "beauty issue." We met for a walk in the city center, and she went...

Nothing true, Veronica Raimo, 2022   In Italy, being against the Church is quite mainstream, even if you don't say it on television and still go to mass on Sundays....

Appointment in Positano, Goliarda Sapienza   “Positano cures everything, opens your mind to past pain, and enlightens you about present ones, often saving you from falling into error. It's curious,...

The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan, 1963   “How did you sweep the kitchen?” My grandmother was looking at me with her hands on her hips and a sulky look. She noticed...

Hospital series, Amelia Rosselli, 1963 - 1965   “Hospital Series” is a collection of poems that the author edited in the layout and in the font choice. For Rosselli, the...