
'The Italian Dispatch' offers a smart, curious, and clear-eyed view of my favorite country. With deep affection but free of cliché, the newsletter explores Italy with rigor and a sense of wonder. New posts every Tuesday.
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A modern still-life taken during a meal at Reale, in Abruzzo (EJL photo)
I’ve become an absentminded swirler.
The habit took hold over years of conducting and attending wine tastings. And in that context, it makes perfect sense. Swirling...
Italian explorer Christopher Columbus pointing toward Europe from Santo Domingo (EJL photo)
A quick note: This Dispatch Digest is the first of a new look back at the previous month’s essays -- standout reader comments, additions, and the c...
Rome, with the Castelli Romani visible on the distant Alban Hills (EJL photo)
To first-time visitors, the towns of the Castelli Romani feel like a private discovery: Rome spread out in the distance like a stage set, St. Peter’s dome recogn...
On a road near Rome, I found a woman more frightened of speaking than of dying
Note: This is the newest of The Italian Dispatch‘s paid essays. The three most recent posts are always free to read, and the rest of the archive is open to paid...
A year of looking at my home city through new eyes
There’s a photo of Anna Magnani that fascinated me from the first time I saw it.
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