Italicus: a writer's life in Italy

The Seven-Year Itch

Yes, it's a movie title, and yes, it can toss a romantic relationship onto the rocks. It's also a good name for cyclical wanderlust.

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July 2025

How Not to Tourist, Part 3

In which my documentation of shitty, stupid tourist behavior continues, unfortunately

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June 2025

Adventures in Italian Jurisdiction

Or, top lawyers take a stand at the Constitutional Court (and will again)

Jun 27 • 

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Real Men Wear Dignitas

Language nuggets plucked from the pages of history

Jun 4 • 

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April 2025

I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends

And by “friends” I mean humans, yes, but also art and natural beauty

Apr 29 • 

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March 2025

Italy, We Need to Talk

No offense, but your citizenship laws are a mess

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February 2025

“Hey kids, let’s put on a show!”

Or, how starting an amateur theatre group in a country and in a language not my own has been, well, illuminating. And also very cool.

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January 2025

Changes in Terrain

In which I unintentionally write a travelogue about southern Lazio

Jan 29 • 

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December 2024

The Real Italy

Or why you should vet who you listen to, plus some heartwarming vignettes

Dec 24, 2024 • 

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Happiness Trains

When postwar Italy overlooked its north/south divide to tend to the children

Dec 10, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Escapism

On flight and dueling desires, and Dante’s hell

Nov 16, 2024 • 

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Desperately Seeking Something

Or, shopping tales of woe from a mother-of-the-groom

Nov 4, 2024 • 

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