My Top 5

Dec 2, 20226 min read

When Ariosto Fell in Love With Poetry

Ariosto was in love. Well, what’s the problem? He wrote love lyrics but never authorized their printing. A literary knot, a true mystery...

Dec 2, 20223 min read

Mind the "Shock", it Changed Medicine

A few books deserve to be read. Among them, "Shock" by Carlo Patriarca, MD and writer, may be a fruitful path for understanding the very...

Dec 2, 20224 min read

The Taste of Living Through Food

We are "homines conviviales": food is not simply part of our organic, biological life. It nourishes the intelligence of emotions and...

Dec 2, 20225 min read

Call Me Dad: Challenges of Fatherhood

In his novel book essayist Mario Antonio Clerici makes an inquiry concerning the role of the father moving from his own experience. A...