• Lingua Italiana,  May 2021,  Short Fiction

    Giuseppina della Tempesta

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. Fiction by: Andrea Tani Dalla sera prima una tempesta di vento incurvava gli ombrelli, sbandierava i manifesti elettorali e faceva sbattere le persiane di legno. Le strade e le…

  • English Language,  May 2021,  Poetry

    Deracinated

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. View Current Issue Here. Poem & Image by: Irene Palermo Born of Athena’s victorious spear and Poseidon’s wounded pride, they weredivine creatures on earth, living just around the cornerstraight down…

  • Essay,  May 2021

    Silence on the Alban Ridge

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. View Current Issue Here. Essay by: Scott & Trang Crider On a cool, clear late-winter afternoon in Marino, we stepped up into the Cotral bus from Roma to Velletri and…

  • May 2021,  Visual Art

    Bottega Bici di Firenze

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. Visual Art by: Marion Younan Medium: 5×7 in ink and watercolor on archival watercolor paper Author Bio: I probably would not be an artist today if it had not…

  • Essay,  May 2021

    There is a Place

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. Essay By: Antonia Caserta In Florence there is a place I go to seek respite from the frenetic city, the chaos of everyday life and, above all, my noisy…

  • Essay,  May 2021

    Let me Recount to you My Story (ENG)

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review as a parallel text. To read the Italian, click here. By: Pietrina Salvatici Misciattelli Bernardini Translated by: Ellen Craig Pietrina Salvatici Misciattelli Bernardini was born in Orbetello, in Tuscany, in…

  • Essay,  May 2021

    Vi racconto i miei giorni… (ITA)

    Inserito nel numero di Maggio 2021 The Open Doors Review come testo parallelo. Estratto del libro. Clicca qui per l’inglese. Autore: Pietrina Salvatici Misciattelli Bernardini Pietrina Salvatici Misciattelli Bernardini nasce a Orbetello, in Toscana, nel 1933. Cresce tra la Grecia…