PERINATAL GRIEF POETRY by Italian contemporary poet Stefania Lucchetti
Foto: Italian contemporary poet Stefania Lucchetti There are forms of pain that find no place in ordinary language, unseen and unspoken, silenced out of modesty or out of fear of causing discomfort, yet they live within us with a constant presence. November was born from the need to break that silence, to restore dignity to […]
POETRY ABOUT GRIEF by Stefania Lucchetti
Foto: Italian contemporary poet Stefania Lucchetti In many cultures, the first of November is a day dedicated to honoring those who have left us. It is a celebration that, whether in its folkloric expressions (Halloween, Día de Muertos) or in its more intimate rituals (the Christian tradition of All Saints’ Day), offers an opportunity to […]
“Milano ” and “Rome in November” – two contemporary poems
Rome in NovemberMassimiliano Giannocco translated by Stefania Lucchetti from the poetry collection Quando il mare è mosso How beautiful is Rome in November,its limbs suspended between the morning hazeand the dim autumn sun,the sky’s shifting expressions impressedin patches of tears still half-asleep,upon the veined benches of the gardens.The foliage is a carpet of apparent death,God […]
Poetry as an act of rebellion in the contemporary era – interview to award winning Italian contemporary poet Stefania Lucchetti
Cover photo: Italian contemporary author Stefania Lucchetti, in her office in Milano, Italy Buy it on: Amazon US (English edition) AMAZON IT (Italian bilingual original version) Feltrinelli Where does your inspiration come from? For me, writing is born as an intimate and necessary gesture: it is the attempt to hold on to what slips away, […]
The significance and aesthetics of cyberpunk
Cover photo: Stefania Lucchetti, in a cyberpunk noir with a retro mood Buy it on: Amazon US (English edition) AMAZON IT (Italian bilingual original version) Feltrinelli During the recording of a TV interview in Rome this September, the interviewer asked me why I chose the word cyberpunk instead of the more fashionable terms “AI” or “robotics.” […]
Poetry is cyberpunk (La poesia è cyberpunk) by Stefania Lucchetti
Cover photo: Stefania Lucchetti, photographed by Emma Terenzio Buy it on: Amazon US (English edition) AMAZON IT (Italian bilingual original version) Feltrinelli La poesia è cyberpunk – Poetry is Cyberpunk by Stefania Lucchetti reinvents the poetic language of the 21st century. Poetry is Cyberpunk is the English language edition of well loved Italian contemporary poet Stefania […]
“Poetry is sensuality” by Italian contemporary poet Stefania Lucchetti
Photo: Stefania Lucchetti Read this essay in Italian/Leggi questo articolo in italiano Sign up through the form to read my blog on the substack app or receive it by email. Why are we so afraid of sensuality? Why do we seek it, yet at the same time, shy away from it? Perhaps because, somewhere along […]
Afternoons of Suspended Love
Cover art: Adam and Eve, Gustav Klimt 1917 (Belvedere Museum, Vienna) Afternoons of Suspended Love, by Stefania Lucchetti is a bilingual (Italian and English side by side) poetic journey through the seasons of marital love – a collection which explores couple life in its deepest truth: made of everyday gestures, shared challenges, and an intimacy […]
The (no longer sufficient) principle of relevance
Photo: Stefania Lucchetti Read this essay in Italian/Leggi questo articolo in italiano (c) Stefania Lucchetti. All rights reserved. This article can be quoted only referencing the author and the publications it refers to, indicated below. Extracts from: Stefania Lucchetti (2026) – DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP: Language, Ethics, and Identity in Cyberspace Stefania Lucchetti (2023) – VIRTUAL TEAMS: […]
“Encroachment” – Contemporary Poetry by Stefania Lucchetti
Photo: Stefania Lucchetti portrayed by Emma Terenzio Read this essay in Italian/Leggi questo articolo in italiano Sign up through the form to read my blog on the substack app or receive it by email. “What would you like me to sacrifice beyond thisExactly?Where can I conceal myself to occupy less spaceWhere can I retreat […]