Magra Books 12/8/25 Magra Books 12/8/25

Green Wind

A film poem by Corrado Armanetti, based on Paul Vangelisti's "Green Wind," written and shot in the Lunigiana region of northwestern Tuscany. 2025. Color. Running time: 6:19.

Paul Vangelisti 11/10/25 Paul Vangelisti 11/10/25

Another Academy

All this made a curious impression when Bukowski told me a story about his early devotion to Fante.

Paul Vangelisti 6/25/25 Paul Vangelisti 6/25/25

Martha Ronk's Clay: Bodies + Matter (Omnidawn Publishing, 2025)

I ought to stop here as I don’t intend a reading or critique of this book, but rather an emphatic notice of its publication.

Paul Vangelisti 4/16/25 Paul Vangelisti 4/16/25

E-MAIL FROM HARRY BERNSTEIN (4/3/25)

I'm still trying to narrow down the folks who I know will be brilliant; a couple more have occurred to me: Ben Goldberg (clarinet) and Derren Johnston (trumpet). We have an embarrassment of riches here in the bay area. I'll decide soon enough.

Paul Vangelisti 4/9/25 Paul Vangelisti 4/9/25

for Le parole e le cose 7 (2024)

A few thoughts, mostly historical, about the use of “I” and its more refined collaborator, the editorial “we,” in U.S. poetry. I think it would be helpful for an Italian reader to start with a look at Whitman and what is presented as the “vatic” tradition in our literature.

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Alcune considerazioni, perlopiù di natura storica, sull’uso, nella poesia statunitense, dell’“io” e il suo più raffinato collaboratore, il “noi” autoriale, didattico o di commento. Credo sia utile al lettore italiano cominciare da Walt Whitman e da quella che si presenta spesso come la tradizione “profetica” nella nostra letteratura.