uncoiled like the thread of a spindle.
didn’t she feel the weight of my heart?
or rather, pulling herself to me.
one returns the other dies.
I don’t know how to make love anymore.
if only we were wrong.
A freelance journalist and translator, Natasha Senjanović spent 15 years in Rome, where she worked for Screen International (Italy correspondent, 1999-2002) and The Hollywood Reporter (Italy critic, 2007-2011), and as a Senior Editor at Cineruopa.org from 2005 to 2011. Former Assistant Director of the Pesaro Film Festival, her articles and features have appeared in numerous publications and she is an on-air correspondent for FRED Film Radio (fred.fm). As a translator, Natasha specializes in cinema, geopolitics and literature. Her published translations include Luca Visentini’s book of poetry Lost Translations and Antonia Tricarico’s Thoughts and Words, a collection of poetry and prose.
Luca Visentini (b. 1969) was born in Udine, Italy. He divides his time between Trieste and Brussels, where he works as the Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC). He began working as a trade unionist while studying philosophy at university. He is actively involved in numerous cultural initiatives for the promotion and development of theatre and literature. A poet, short story writer and playwright, he has published three collections of poetry: Traduzioni Perdute (2004), Goffi erotismi pagani (2007) and Prima della rivoluzione (2012). His work has appeared in diverse anthologies.
Luca Visentin nasce a Udine 43 anni fa. Vive tra Trieste e Bruxelles, dove lavora come Segretario Confederale del Sindacato Europeo. Fa il sindacalista dai tempi dell’università, dove ha studiato filosofia. È attivo in numerose realtà culturali nei campi del teatro e della letteratura. Poeta, scrittore di racconti e drammaturgo, ha pubblicato tre raccolte poetiche, Traduzioni perdute (2004), Goffi erotismi pagani (2007) e Prima della rivoluzione (2012). Suoi testi sono presenti in varie antologie.
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