Publications
Bare
The title itself is a promise: to strip down, to reveal, to give oneself. Discovering this poetic vocation of Sonia Ziccardi was a delightful surprise for me. I first met her as a refined musician in Anzio, where she works alongside the cultural association AmistadeLab, based at the Casa dei Mughetti in Nettuno. There, with my friend and fellow photographer Nilde Guiducci, I held meetings on the relationship between written and visual imagery, poetry and photography, while Sonia provided musical interludes.
When Sonia sings, she immediately captivates with her alluring and beautiful voice—firm yet delicate in tone. Her style resembles (and today mirrors) that of a 1950s jazz singer, a genre she has formally studied. When she performs, she engages her audience, transporting you to another place and time—and these are not hollow compliments, but genuine admiration.
(from the preface by Paola Oliva)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
6 Questions for Young Poets
6 Questions for Young Poets on Pier Paolo Pasolini is an inquiry, an exploration of the relationship between young Italian poetry—represented by 18 poets from the north, centre, and south of the peninsula—and the thought, artistic and literary work, and poetry of Pier Paolo Pasolini, one hundred years after his birth. Eighteen young poets, born between 1984 and 2001, surprise with their sharpness and critical insight, responding to six questions crafted in the spirit of Moravia's investigative approach in *Nuovi Argomenti*. This volume invites readers to revisit Pasolini’s poetry, capturing—through the clear voices and fresh perspectives of young poets—the unsettling presence of *The Poet of Ashes* and his desperate untimeliness. His work embodies the wonder of a man enamoured with ancient barbarism, yet it speaks to our present, more contemporary than the contemporary itself.
Hamlet’s Ship
The Being and Not Being of Words Between Silence and Poetry. A Collective Poem of Free Leopardian Songs
Silence as a place of the soul […]
as a space to inhabit […]
as a realm of memory. […]
Silence as a prison. […]
As the reader will discover, the theme of silence is explored in all its dimensions—it unfolds like a flower and works as a spell, capable of evoking and intertwining voices, experiences, wounds, and passions. The result is a poetry that is both multifaceted and cohesive, where love is ever-present […] and where words become gestures and prayers. Readers will find themselves enchanted, as always happens when holding a book that reveals itself to be essential.
(from the preface by Luca Benassi)
