Marie Orton is professor of Italian at Brigham Young University.Graziella Parati is the Paul D. Paganucci Professor of Italian Literature and Language at Dartmouth College.Ron Kubati, PhD., is an independent scholar and author.

• Section I: Diversity in ItalyPoetryVera Lúcia de Oliveira“I was among warm folk in a warm country” (Ero fra calda gente in un caldo paese)Translated by Ashna AliEssayClarissa Clò and Enrico Zammarchi“Stran(i)ero nella mia nazione”: Hip-Hop from Southern Alie-Nation to Afro-Italian Nation-HoodEssayDaniele ComberiatiReading “Albania” in Italy: Reception of Elvira Dones’s Piccola guerra perfetta and Ron Kubati’s La via dell’eroeEssayLucia ReMigration, the Novel and the Power of Fear: A Dialogical Perspective from Baktin to LakhousFictionAmara Lakhous“Ninth Wail” and “The Truth of Abdallah Ben Kadour,” from Clash of Civilizations over an Elevator in Piazza VittorioEssayRyan Calabretta-SajerGendering the “Giallo”: Gender Roles in the Opus of Amara LakhousFictionUbax Cristina Ali Farah“The Phoenix” (La Fenice)Translated by Silvia GuslandiEssayWendy PojmannCreativity as Feminist Practice: Intercultural Women’s Associations in ItalyEssay

Marie Orton is professor of Italian at Brigham Young University.Graziella Parati is the Paul D. Paganucci Professor of Italian Literature and Language at Dartmouth College.Ron Kubati, PhD., is an independent scholar and author.

• Section I: Diversity in ItalyPoetryVera Lúcia de Oliveira“I was among warm folk in a warm country” (Ero fra calda gente in un caldo paese)Translated by Ashna AliEssayClarissa Clò and Enrico Zammarchi“Stran(i)ero nella mia nazione”: Hip-Hop from Southern Alie-Nation to Afro-Italian Nation-HoodEssayDaniele ComberiatiReading “Albania” in Italy: Reception of Elvira Dones’s Piccola guerra perfetta and Ron Kubati’s La via dell’eroeEssayLucia ReMigration, the Novel and the Power of Fear: A Dialogical Perspective from Baktin to LakhousFictionAmara Lakhous“Ninth Wail” and “The Truth of Abdallah Ben Kadour,” from Clash of Civilizations over an Elevator in Piazza VittorioEssayRyan Calabretta-SajerGendering the “Giallo”: Gender Roles in the Opus of Amara LakhousFictionUbax Cristina Ali Farah“The Phoenix” (La Fenice)Translated by Silvia GuslandiEssayWendy PojmannCreativity as Feminist Practice: Intercultural Women’s Associations in ItalyEssay

Marie Orton is professor of Italian at Brigham Young University.Graziella Parati is the Paul D. Paganucci Professor of Italian Literature and Language at Dartmouth College.Ron Kubati, PhD., is an independent scholar and author.

• Section I: Diversity in ItalyPoetryVera Lúcia de Oliveira“I was among warm folk in a warm country” (Ero fra calda gente in un caldo paese)Translated by Ashna AliEssayClarissa Clò and Enrico Zammarchi“Stran(i)ero nella mia nazione”: Hip-Hop from Southern Alie-Nation to Afro-Italian Nation-HoodEssayDaniele ComberiatiReading “Albania” in Italy: Reception of Elvira Dones’s Piccola guerra perfetta and Ron Kubati’s La via dell’eroeEssayLucia ReMigration, the Novel and the Power of Fear: A Dialogical Perspective from Baktin to LakhousFictionAmara Lakhous“Ninth Wail” and “The Truth of Abdallah Ben Kadour,” from Clash of Civilizations over an Elevator in Piazza VittorioEssayRyan Calabretta-SajerGendering the “Giallo”: Gender Roles in the Opus of Amara LakhousFictionUbax Cristina Ali Farah“The Phoenix” (La Fenice)Translated by Silvia GuslandiEssayWendy PojmannCreativity as Feminist Practice: Intercultural Women’s Associations in ItalyEssay