La parola

An extract from Rosella Postorino's collection of writings "in the nerves and in the heart". Credits :  "Nei nervi e nel cuore" by R. Postorino (2024)  --  "Bella d'estate" by L. Dalla / P. Mango (1987)

Nobel laureate Salvatore Quasimodo voices summertime in poetry, almost a madrigal. Credits :  "La vita non è sogno" by S. Quasimodo (1949)

Reading from Goffredo Parise's set of short stories representing the ordinary human kind, Sillabario n. 2, "Grazia" (1982) Credits :  "L'appuntamento" by R. Carlos / B. Lauzi / E. Carlos (1970)

Reading from Leonardo Sciascia's essay on Mount Etna country. Credits :  "Cruciverba" by L. Sciascia (1983)  -  "Canto di mezzaluna" by A. Vasta (2007) 

Reading from Maria Bellonci's "gentle viper" aka Milan. Credits: "Tu vipera gentile" by M. Bellonci (1972)

Teresa Carson's reading of her own piece of poetry - unprecedentedly - in Italian. Credits :  "Guarda l'alba" by C. Consoli / T. Ferro (2010)

Alessandro G's reading from Rodari's Telephone Tales, The Invisible Kid. Credits : "Tonino l'invisibile" by G. Rodari (1962) 

Season's reading from Alberto Moravia's Roman Tales, on his very birthday.Credits : "Canon and Variation" by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 - http://www.twinmusicom.org/

Reading from narrator-essayist Natalia Ginzburg's Human Relationships (1953) and Small Virtues (1962) clear and easy to understand.Credits :  "Due destini" by F. Zampaglione / R. Sinigallia (2000)

Alessandro G's reading of father David Maria Turoldo as voiced by poet Alda Merini (2009)