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The City and the Writer in Sicily

April 2023

A view of the Siracusa coastline

Photo © Nathalie Handal

The City and the Writer journeys to Sicily for special conversations with writers Roberto Alajmo, Edvige Giunta, and Giusy Sciacca.

A portrait of writer Edvige Giunta

Photo © Joshua Fausty

The City and the Writer: In Gela, Sicily, with Edvige Giunta

By Nathalie Handal

Gela, my odd Gela, a provincial soul in an overgrown urban body, a clash of ancient and modern.

A portrait of writer Giusy Sciacca.

Photo credit: Marcello Bianca.

The City and the Writer: In Siracusa with Giusy Sciacca

By Nathalie Handal

Literature and, inevitably, theater, have belonged to Siracusa since its Greek colonization.

Portrait of writer Roberto Alajmo in front of a stone wall

The City and the Writer: In Palermo with Roberto Alajmo

By Nathalie Handal

Palermo moves a lot but hardly budges.

Translated from Italian by the author

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