\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE 2018 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY TRANSLATION\u003c/STRONG\u003e\u003c/P\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this first US publication of celebrated Italian poet Bianca Tarozzi, narrative poems (presented bilingually in both English and the original Italian) carry us through the poet's childhood memories of World War II under Mussolini, harsh post-war conditions, and mid-century changes that transformed Italian life, specifically for women. A unique figure in contemporary Italian poetry, Tarozzi draws significant influence from acclaimed American poets\u0026#151;Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, and James Merrill\u0026#151;interweaving powerful subjects with humor and heart.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cB\u003eAfter:\u003c/B\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cI\u003eyou have packed the suitcase, shut off the gas,\u003cBR\u003eturned all the lights out, locked the window\u003cBR\u003eand the big outside door,\u003cBR\u003ewhen you lean against a wall, afraid of falling,\u003cBR\u003eand wait, expecting the vehicle,\u003cbr\u003ethe means that will transport you\u003cBR\u003efar away,\u003cBR\u003ewhen the sky sails clear,\u003cBR\u003eblue, and annihilating above the overpass,\u003cBR\u003eand you have no past or future,\u003cBR\u003ein that empty moment\u003cBR\u003epoetry pitches its tent.\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cB\u003eBianca Tarozzi\u003c/B\u003e was born in Bologna in 1941. Her father was a political prisoner under Mussolini, and then a Senator after the war. She received a degree from Ca' Foscari University of Venice, and taught English and American Literature for many years at the University of Verona. The recipient of numerous literary honors, she has translated into Italian the works of Elizabeth Bishop, Emily Dickinson, James Merrill, Richard Wilbur, A. E. Housman, Denise Levertov, and Louise Gluck. Also the author of many books of poetry, she began writing poems in 1947, and continues to this day. She currently splits her time between Venice and Milan, Italy.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e
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