monalisa vitti
@monalisavitti.bsky.social
aka cristina politano // essay and fiction writer // interviews for minor lits
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« At its best it was around 20 years of people making works that altered the way art was made, who had access to make it, and the way it circulated and was received; works that changed the ways we see the world »
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Insightful interview with @badaude.bsky.social by @monalisavitti.bsky.social 😍
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Insightful interview with @badaude.bsky.social by @monalisavitti.bsky.social 😍
"The demand for verified profiles…dismantles a valuable feature of the early web: the ability to step outside the boundaries of offline gender, class, racial categories and appear as pure language ..."
@monalisavitti.bsky.social interviews @badaude.bsky.social
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@monalisavitti.bsky.social interviews @badaude.bsky.social
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“Most people are still scrolling because there’s nowhere else to go”: An Interview with Joanna Walsh — Cristina Politano
Joanna Walsh’s Amateurs!: How We Built the Internet and Why It Matters was recently published by Verso Books. In it, Walsh charts the ascendancy of a new kind of digital creative, one who mud…
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February 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
« At its best it was around 20 years of people making works that altered the way art was made, who had access to make it, and the way it circulated and was received; works that changed the ways we see the world »
THIS 👆
Insightful interview with @badaude.bsky.social by @monalisavitti.bsky.social 😍
THIS 👆
Insightful interview with @badaude.bsky.social by @monalisavitti.bsky.social 😍
check out my interview with @badaude.bsky.social on her recent book Amateurs!
"If we’re to build on this era, its vital not to turn away from the internet, however dispiriting its degradation into a more commercial and policed space ..."
— @badaude.bsky.social
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— @badaude.bsky.social
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“Most people are still scrolling because there’s nowhere else to go”: An Interview with Joanna Walsh — Cristina Politano
Joanna Walsh’s Amateurs!: How We Built the Internet and Why It Matters was recently published by Verso Books. In it, Walsh charts the ascendancy of a new kind of digital creative, one who mud…
minorliteratures.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:05 PM
check out my interview with @badaude.bsky.social on her recent book Amateurs!
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“Most people are still scrolling because there’s nowhere else to go”: An Interview with @badaude.bsky.social — @monalisavitti.bsky.social
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“Most people are still scrolling because there’s nowhere else to go”: An Interview with Joanna Walsh — Cristina Politano
Joanna Walsh’s Amateurs!: How We Built the Internet and Why It Matters was recently published by Verso Books. In it, Walsh charts the ascendancy of a new kind of digital creative, one who mud…
minorliteratures.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM
“Most people are still scrolling because there’s nowhere else to go”: An Interview with @badaude.bsky.social — @monalisavitti.bsky.social
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nj 11 for @analiliafornj.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 11:27 PM
nj 11 for @analiliafornj.bsky.social
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"Stemming etymologically from the same roots, these languages have branched out and the distance from their roots, the connections, may have been severed—or, this poem asks, perhaps there is still some collective soil?"
Jennifer K. Dick
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Jennifer K. Dick
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“[M]y books share my natural openness to loose connectivity, grammatical fluidity, and promotion of connections related to word sounds over specific meaning:” An Interview with Jennifer K. Dick — Nina...
The phenomenon of Jennifer K. Dick’s bilingualism all started for me at Ivy Writers Paris, a cycle of bilingual readings that she has organized for nearly twenty years. It was there in the early 20…
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January 13, 2026 at 12:54 PM
"Stemming etymologically from the same roots, these languages have branched out and the distance from their roots, the connections, may have been severed—or, this poem asks, perhaps there is still some collective soil?"
Jennifer K. Dick
minorliteratures.com/2026/01/13/m...
Jennifer K. Dick
minorliteratures.com/2026/01/13/m...
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"[If] we do not borrow and try on otherness [...] it will become increasingly difficult for us to accept and realize the myriad of elements that really understanding others requires ..."
An Interview with Jennifer K. Dick — Nina Zivancevic
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An Interview with Jennifer K. Dick — Nina Zivancevic
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“[M]y books share my natural openness to loose connectivity, grammatical fluidity, and promotion of connections related to word sounds over specific meaning:” An Interview with Jennifer K. Dick — Nina...
The phenomenon of Jennifer K. Dick’s bilingualism all started for me at Ivy Writers Paris, a cycle of bilingual readings that she has organized for nearly twenty years. It was there in the early 20…
minorliteratures.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:53 PM
"[If] we do not borrow and try on otherness [...] it will become increasingly difficult for us to accept and realize the myriad of elements that really understanding others requires ..."
An Interview with Jennifer K. Dick — Nina Zivancevic
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An Interview with Jennifer K. Dick — Nina Zivancevic
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"Nella mia immaginazione la nuda parola è in grado di spaccare in due la vita e portarla a una metamorfosi ..."
Un’intervista con Antonio Moresco
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Un’intervista con Antonio Moresco
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“Non sono un uomo e uno scrittore pacificato”: Un’intervista con Antonio Moresco — Tobias Ryan
Dopo oltre un decennio trascorso a scrivere nell’anonimato, Antonio Moresco ha pubblicato il suo primo libro nel 1993 all’età di 45 anni, seguito, nel decennio successivo, da Giochi dell’eternità, …
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January 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
"Nella mia immaginazione la nuda parola è in grado di spaccare in due la vita e portarla a una metamorfosi ..."
Un’intervista con Antonio Moresco
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Un’intervista con Antonio Moresco
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"In my imagination, the naked word is capable of splitting life in two and bringing about a metamorphosis ..."
An Interview with Antonio Moresco
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An Interview with Antonio Moresco
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“I am not a peaceful man or a peaceful writer”: An Interview with Antonio Moresco — Tobias Ryan
After fifteen years of writing in obscurity, Antonio Moresco published his first book in 1993 at the age of 45, followed over the next decade with Giochi dell’eternità, the epic trilogy that …
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January 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
"In my imagination, the naked word is capable of splitting life in two and bringing about a metamorphosis ..."
An Interview with Antonio Moresco
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An Interview with Antonio Moresco
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For Epiphany, this glorious 1966 illustration of the Three Kings by the great Eyvind Earle (1916 - 2000), best remembered for his enormous contribution to Disney Animation's visual style during the 1950s, particularly Sleeping Beauty (1959).
January 6, 2026 at 6:45 PM
For Epiphany, this glorious 1966 illustration of the Three Kings by the great Eyvind Earle (1916 - 2000), best remembered for his enormous contribution to Disney Animation's visual style during the 1950s, particularly Sleeping Beauty (1959).
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Experiments on cats (2013) by Russian artist, Alexandre Mityaev
Oil on canvas
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #HappyNewYear
Oil on canvas
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #HappyNewYear
January 1, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Experiments on cats (2013) by Russian artist, Alexandre Mityaev
Oil on canvas
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #HappyNewYear
Oil on canvas
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt #HappyNewYear
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Sculpture by Mio Hashimoto
January 1, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Sculpture by Mio Hashimoto
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It’s that time again.
![Two panels from Twin peaks: the return
Top panel: What year is it?
Bottom panel: [screaming]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3jfzwj56qsjgwkjmtf7scagx/bafkreibvrdck6fgxpjey5brda43bxb6w7trpj43oipoxrjikcl6atjs6qa@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 1:04 PM
It’s that time again.
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A so long old year melancholy poem by Italian Salvatore Quasimodo
The rain is already with us
Again a year is burned,
without lament, without a cry
upraised to win us - suddenly - a day.
The rain is already with us
Again a year is burned,
without lament, without a cry
upraised to win us - suddenly - a day.
January 1, 2026 at 12:35 AM
A so long old year melancholy poem by Italian Salvatore Quasimodo
The rain is already with us
Again a year is burned,
without lament, without a cry
upraised to win us - suddenly - a day.
The rain is already with us
Again a year is burned,
without lament, without a cry
upraised to win us - suddenly - a day.
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Zohran should create little schools everyone has to go to that teach you to still talk with a 1987 nyc dirtbag accent the way the Irish do with Gaelic
December 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Zohran should create little schools everyone has to go to that teach you to still talk with a 1987 nyc dirtbag accent the way the Irish do with Gaelic
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"I think translating work is difficult but rewarding. It comes with incredible responsibility too. My method is an amalgamation of literal and dynamic translation. It’s a vast enterprise. I try not to think of its enormity ..."
— @rjdent.bsky.social
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— @rjdent.bsky.social
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“A Word as a Key Opening a Door:” An Interview with R. J. Dent — Matthew Kinlin
R.J. Dent is a renowned translator of French literature, whose published significant works include The Songs of Maldoror(Infinity Land Press), The Flowers of Evil (Incunabula), Speculations(Black S…
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December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"I think translating work is difficult but rewarding. It comes with incredible responsibility too. My method is an amalgamation of literal and dynamic translation. It’s a vast enterprise. I try not to think of its enormity ..."
— @rjdent.bsky.social
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— @rjdent.bsky.social
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"Entering a text to translate it is finding a word or phrase that acts as a key opening a door into the world that the text describes. I use that door to enter that world."
“A Word as a Key Opening a Door:” An Interview with R. J. Dent — @matthewkinlin.bsky.social
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“A Word as a Key Opening a Door:” An Interview with R. J. Dent — Matthew Kinlin
R.J. Dent is a renowned translator of French literature, whose published significant works include The Songs of Maldoror(Infinity Land Press), The Flowers of Evil (Incunabula), Speculations(Black S…
minorliteratures.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"Entering a text to translate it is finding a word or phrase that acts as a key opening a door into the world that the text describes. I use that door to enter that world."
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feel strongly that you shouldn't buy shit on black friday, BUT if you did want to buy something, why not buy my books from the incomparable indie distributor @asterismbooks.bsky.social? TOADSTONES (original weird fiction) and NIGHT FEARS (collection of translated fic from Weird Tales magazine)?
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
feel strongly that you shouldn't buy shit on black friday, BUT if you did want to buy something, why not buy my books from the incomparable indie distributor @asterismbooks.bsky.social? TOADSTONES (original weird fiction) and NIGHT FEARS (collection of translated fic from Weird Tales magazine)?
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"The classical carnivalesque reverses power relations. So, the right flipped the flip, and thus it becomes a punching-down version of the carnivalesque; the cruelty becomes part of that reversed affect."
Jack Z. Bratich talks to Daniel Lukes
minorliteratures.com/2025/11/04/i...
Jack Z. Bratich talks to Daniel Lukes
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“It’s not just that the far right is reactionary, that it reacts to something, but it’s a preventive counter-revolution”: An Interview with Jack Z. Bratich — Daniel Lukes
As pundits scramble to define fascism for Trump 2.0, a recent book by media scholar Jack Z. Bratich, investigating the theme of “microfascism,” may come in handy. The term, coined by Gilles Deleuze…
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November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"The classical carnivalesque reverses power relations. So, the right flipped the flip, and thus it becomes a punching-down version of the carnivalesque; the cruelty becomes part of that reversed affect."
Jack Z. Bratich talks to Daniel Lukes
minorliteratures.com/2025/11/04/i...
Jack Z. Bratich talks to Daniel Lukes
minorliteratures.com/2025/11/04/i...
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"Today, what does it mean to take the internet as the media cultural expression of contemporary fascism? Or certain digital networks and the production of memes?"
Jack Z. Bratich talks to Daniel Lukes
minorliteratures.com/2025/11/04/i...
Jack Z. Bratich talks to Daniel Lukes
minorliteratures.com/2025/11/04/i...
“It’s not just that the far right is reactionary, that it reacts to something, but it’s a preventive counter-revolution”: An Interview with Jack Z. Bratich — Daniel Lukes
As pundits scramble to define fascism for Trump 2.0, a recent book by media scholar Jack Z. Bratich, investigating the theme of “microfascism,” may come in handy. The term, coined by Gilles Deleuze…
minorliteratures.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"Today, what does it mean to take the internet as the media cultural expression of contemporary fascism? Or certain digital networks and the production of memes?"
Jack Z. Bratich talks to Daniel Lukes
minorliteratures.com/2025/11/04/i...
Jack Z. Bratich talks to Daniel Lukes
minorliteratures.com/2025/11/04/i...
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and coming up this week ...
— Jack Z. Bratich interviewed by Daniel Lukes
— an extract from Nebojša Lujanović's Cloud the Color of Skin, translated by @enaselimo.bsky.social
— Jack Z. Bratich interviewed by Daniel Lukes
— an extract from Nebojša Lujanović's Cloud the Color of Skin, translated by @enaselimo.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
and coming up this week ...
— Jack Z. Bratich interviewed by Daniel Lukes
— an extract from Nebojša Lujanović's Cloud the Color of Skin, translated by @enaselimo.bsky.social
— Jack Z. Bratich interviewed by Daniel Lukes
— an extract from Nebojša Lujanović's Cloud the Color of Skin, translated by @enaselimo.bsky.social
link to donate to local food banks in nj
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Shutdown: Federal employees & SNAP recipients in our state need food
With the federal government shut down, federal workers in New Jersey don’t know when their next paycheck will arrive. And our neighbors who receive food assistance benefits and other federally funded ...
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November 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
link to donate to local food banks in nj
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I mentioned this poem the other day. Alejandra Pizarnik wrote this to her friend (and perhaps crush?) Italian poet and translator of Dante, Cristina Campo.
Rings of Ashes
There is, in this waiting
a rumor of breaking lilac
Rings of Ashes
There is, in this waiting
a rumor of breaking lilac
October 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I mentioned this poem the other day. Alejandra Pizarnik wrote this to her friend (and perhaps crush?) Italian poet and translator of Dante, Cristina Campo.
Rings of Ashes
There is, in this waiting
a rumor of breaking lilac
Rings of Ashes
There is, in this waiting
a rumor of breaking lilac
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“[W]e do inhabit, similar to the the years before modernism, a sense that our world has irrevocably changed”: An Interview with @mortenhoijensen.bsky.social — @monalisavitti.bsky.social
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“[W]e do inhabit, similar to the the years before modernism, a sense that our world has irrevocably changed”: An Interview with Morten Høi Jensen — Cristina Politano
Morten Høi Jensen is a Danish-American writer whose recent book, The Master of Contradictions: Thomas Mann and the Making of The Magic Mountain (Yale University Press, 2025) presents, through the l…
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October 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“[W]e do inhabit, similar to the the years before modernism, a sense that our world has irrevocably changed”: An Interview with @mortenhoijensen.bsky.social — @monalisavitti.bsky.social
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