Guerrilla BluesAlessandra Bava People tend to think writers give their friends good reviews because they’re pals; the truth is you become friends with people who write stories or poems that inspire you to be better, to do more, to aim for dizzying heights. My jester — the poet of Rome — Alessandra’s new collection offers…
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Writer Wednesday: Alessandra Bava
A couple bits of news before we get to La Bava: the fabulous Dana Fredsti will be stopping by the Girl’s Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse on the 19th of this month with prizes (as if she wasn’t a gift herself). Also I managed to miss the release of Dogcast #5 which features my piece…
Interview & Friday’s Forgotten Book
Hey, that’s me over at Book Reel talking about book trailers, my prodigious output and where I get my ideas (not Schenectady!). I had a terrific time answering the questions, so stop by and leave a comment if you’re of a mind to and feel free to share the link where you can. Help me…
Whoosh, Whomp & Whoogah
Photo by Eileen Smith Okay, sue me — I love alliteration. It’s the Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse poetry what are to blame. Besides, these are words that are fun to say out loud. Go on, do it. I’ll wait. Okay? So the “whoosh” is because January is nearly done. Eeek! How has the first month…
Know-vember: Alessandra
The lovely poet of Rome, monarch of Pandemonium, translator extraordinaire and jester full of sprezzatura — yes, it’s La Bava! How she brightens my days simply by being her extraordinary self. She was my hostess in Rome who took me to all the dazzling sights and fed me the very finest food, most of it…
Publications: Mandrake & Magpies/Songs of Defiance
Just back from a visit with Elena, Rod and Lydia in Dublin where we also managed to run into Bono, Michale Bublé — and more importantly @sirthopas and Pádraig. Pictures soon! I’ve also got some good news to share on the publication front. First, my short story “Mandrake and Magpies” — the first story to…
Tuesday’s Overlooked Films: Derek Jarman’s Caravaggio
What can I say? One of my favourite painters in all the world (and I repeat unending thanks to Alessandra for taking me around to see the Caravaggios in the little churches of Rome). A glorious young Tilda Swinton plus Nigel Terry looking rough, Sean Bean, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gough. Jarman’s eye captures it all…
Rome: Pretty as a Picture
https://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf I’ve just begun to add the pictures: the process turns out to be a slow one, by means of the travel computer, mostly because I have to keep trying to clear memory on it. Then I have to upload pictures one at a time because I can’t use up memory by downloading the little…
Caravaggios, Artichokes and Agnes’ Skull
First off I have to say this is Alessandra’s photo. I tried to get the pictures off the camera and onto my travel computer only to find that it overloaded the memory and now I can’t upload them to the web. Argh. So kind thanks to Alessandra and she’s started writing a blog, so you…
K. A. Laity 