shortstory

ART + CULTURE

The scent of beauty

It was a cold morning in February, and he had walked all the way to Florence from the woods of the Mugello. Jimmy, a young wild boar with two good ...

ART + CULTURE

The benches of piazza Santa Maria Novella

Halina finished her shift at Signora Ludovisi’s at 5pm. In ten minutes she had combed her long curly red hair and put it up into a ponytail, brushed her teeth ...

ART + CULTURE

Another Florence

This essay, L’altra Firenze by Vanni Santoni, was originally published in The Towner. Translation into English by Helen Farrell.   Florence, Florence. “Do you still live in Florence?” was the word on ...

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