Maria Mazziotti Gillan attended an international literary conference in May, RE-MAPPING ITALIAN AMERICA. PLACES, CULTURES, IDENTITIES at the Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Rome, Italy. It was sponsored by the Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Straniere.
A session was devoted to "A Conversation with Maria Mazziotti Gillan chaired by Cristina Giorcelli (Università Roma Tre).
Elisabetta Marino (Università di Roma Tor Vergata) conduct a live interview with Maria and presented a paper on Gillan's work.
Maria gave a reading of her poetry and featured her latest publication, the poetry and art collection The Girls in the Chartreuse Jackets
. MAGGIO FESTA DEI LAVORATORI MAY WORKER'S DAY
| Le immagino camminar giù per rocciosi sentieri verso di me, forti, donne italiane che tornano al tramonto da campi dov’ han lavorato tutto un giorno in poderi fatti a forma di gradini su per fianchi scoscesi di montagne, donne aggrazziate che portan acqua in brocche di terracotta sul lor capo | "I imagine the other one strolling down rocky trails towards me, strong, Italian women returning at sunset from fields where they worked a whole day on farms made of steps in the steep mountain graceful women carrying water in earthenware jugs on their head |
Maria Mazziotti Gillan is the author of twenty books. Maria's official website is at MariaGillan.com.
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