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Lecturer in Italian | Editor of International Poetry Review | Translator IT>EN. linktr.ee/rose_facchini

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Journal of the History of Ideas @jhideas.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
For the blog, Rose Facchini interviewed Roger Chartier about his book Won in Translation: Textual Mobility in Early Modern Europe (2022), which traces the travels of early-modern texts across linguistic and cultural borders, and his current research. @rosefacchini.bsky.social @pennpress.bsky.social
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Elusive Movements of the Printed Word: An Interview with Roger Chartier
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Check out @rosefacchini.bsky.social's review of "'Fra’ mondi innumerabili.' Proto-fantascienza italiana dei secoli XVIII e XIX" by Francesca Savoia in Italica 102.3. "A collective narrative about the evolution of speculative imagination in Italy." scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ital/art...
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
So cool it feels to be part of Food&! Check out my contribution, "Censorship of Food and People in Stefano Zuliani's Solarpunk Novella Arcipelago dei Limoni," in their latest beautiful issue, Food& Censorship. A huge thanks to Fabi & Asís, you have been awesome to work with!
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Food& Censorship
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
My book review of "'Fra’ mondi innumerabili.' Proto-fantascienza italiana dei secoli XVIII e XIX" (Edizioni dell'Orso, 2023) was recently published in Italica 102.3. Give it a read! doi.org/10.5406/2325...
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“Fra’ mondi innumerabili.” Proto-fantascienza italiana dei secoli XVIII e XIX.
What better line to conjure images of distant worlds and speculative realities than “fra’ mondi innumerabili”? Giacomo Leopardi expresses this sentiment in his canto “Alla sua donna” (canto 18), as he...
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I’m pleased to announce the release of International Poetry Review Volume 49 (UNC Press), co-edited by my colleague Ana Hontanilla and me. For information on how to purchase a copy, visit the UNC Press website.
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International Poetry Review
The poems gathered in this issue of International Poetry Review confront a struggle over meaning: who assigns it and what meaning is imposed on experience. T...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
ICYMI today we're featuring Atlantis! by Diego Lama and translated by @rosefacchini.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday #readingcommunity. Please click on the link below and enjoy
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
"‘Atlantis?’ Lucio Lattes burst out laughing. ‘Atlantis isn’t real!’" Atlantis! by Diego Lama and translated by @rosefacchini.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday. Please click on the link below and enjoy
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Journal of the History of Ideas @jhideas.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
For the JHI Blog, Rose Facchini interviews Andrea Bagnato about his new book, Terra Infecta: Disease and the Italian Landscape (Mack, 2025), which shows how sanitation and its metaphors were central to Italy’s internal colonialism and persist today. @rosefacchini.bsky.social
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Diseased and Reclaimed Landscapes: An Interview with Andrea Bagnato
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
"Life, Brazen and Garish" @rutgersupress.bsky.social stands out for its accessible narrative style, relatable characters & masterful translation that preserves the depth & nuance of the original. Review by @rosefacchini.bsky.social in Italica 102.1: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ital/art...
Cover of Italica, Volume 102, Number 1, Spring 2025
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Italica Vol. 102, No. 1, is now available! Featuring new articles, a special focus on Pino Daniele, review articles, and book reviews by @salvapappalardo.bsky.social, @rosefacchini.bsky.social, and more! scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ital/iss...
Cover of Italica, Volume 102, Number 1, Spring 2025
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
My book review of Elvira di Fabio’s translation of Life, Brazen and Garish: A Tale of Three Women by Dacia Maraini (Rutgers UP, 2024) was recently published in Italica 102.1. Take a look! doi.org/10.5406/2325...
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Life, Brazen and Garish: A Tale of Three Women
Dacia Maraini's body of work highlights women's issues with striking clarity, and Life, Brazen and Garish carries this theme forward in a fresh take on the epistolary novel. Set in contemporary Rome o...
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John Raimo @johnraimo.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
A must read! Rose Facchini (@rosefacchini.bsky.social), Literature’s Circulation Across Fields and Nations: An Interview with Gisèle Sapiro (@giselesapiro.bsky.social) for the @jhideas.bsky.social Blog; #bookhistory, #skystorians. www.jhiblog.org/2025/10/15/l...
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Literature’s Circulation Across Fields and Nations: An Interview with Gisèle Sapiro
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Journal of the History of Ideas @jhideas.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
For the JHI Blog, Rose Facchini interviewed Gisèle Sapiro about her latest book, "Qu'est-ce qu'un auteur mondial? Le champ littéraire transnational" (Seuil, 2024), which studies the role of intermediaries, translators, and mediators in the making of world authorship. @rosefacchini.bsky.social
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Literature’s Circulation Across Fields and Nations: An Interview with Gisèle Sapiro
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Translators Aloud @translatorsaloud.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Delighted to feature @rosefacchini.bsky.social reading from INN OF THE SURVIVORS, out now from @snugglybooks.bsky.social, a visionary & highly relevant tale of climate dystopia, mystery, and longing for a lost world set amid the mists of the Po Valley forests and a desolate Adriatic.
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Rose Facchini reads from Maico Morellini's INN OF THE SURVIVORS (Snuggly Books, 2025)
A visionary tale of climate dystopia, mystery, and longing for a lost world. Amid the mists of the Po Valley forests and a desolate Adriatic, this is both an existential story of homesickness and a…
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
I know I'm about two weeks late in officially posting this, but Oonagh Stranksy wrote a wonderful review for my translation of INN OF THE SURVIVORS by Maico Morellini. Thank you for the kind words, Oonagh, and thank you to the fantastic editors at Asymptote!
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Grief and Knowledge in a Dying World: A Review of Inn of the Survivors by Maico Morellini - Asymptote Blog
Stability and instability. Throughout Inn of the Survivors, the theme of balance comes up time and again—literally and metaphorically.
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Journal of the History of Ideas @jhideas.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Rose Facchini (@rosefacchini.bsky.social) interviewed Anna Ferrando about the practice of literary agency in Italy before and during World War II, a history that explains the peculiar fact that Fascist Italy ranked among the greatest consumers of foreign literature.
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How Literary Agents Made Italian Publishing Transnational: An Interview with Anna Ferrando
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Got a kind shout-out from author Tea C. Blanc, whose story “Emergenza A.I.” ["A.I. Fallout"] I translated for Asymptote, published last week. Check our Tea’s article on Fantascienza.com. Grazie mille, Tea!
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Su Asymptote Emergenza I.A. diventa A.I. Fallout ∂ Fantascienza.com
Un racconto uscito su Delos Science Fiction qualche anno fa ha trovato una traduzione su un sito internazionale - Leggi tutto l'articolo su Fantascienza.com
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
My latest translation, "A.I. Fallout" by Tea C. Blanc, is featured in Asymptote’s July 2025 issue, with the special feature “What AI Can’t Do.” You can also listen to the author read an excerpt! Many thanks to the truly remarkable editors at Asymptote for featuring our work.
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A.I. Fallout - Asymptote
“Revolution is the struggle between the past and the future. And the future has just begun.” —Julian Assange   The android leaned over the railing that ran
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
My latest translation out now! INN OF THE SURVIVORS, a novella by Maico Morellini, published by @snugglybooks.bsky.social. "Amid the mists of the Po Valley forests and a desolate Adriatic, this is both an existential story of homesickness and a highly relevant warning for the world of today."
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Maico Morellini - Inn of The Survivors | Snuggly Books
award-winning science fiction author Maico Morellini' s Inn of the Survivors, a visionary tale of climate dystopia, mystery, and longing for a lost world.
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X-R-A-Y @xraylitmag.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
one of my favorite micros we’ve published all year ! i can’t exactly define the slippery, idiosyncratic tone of this 250 word story, but it’s for sure the most memorable thing you’ll read today. by Diego Lama ! translated by Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social xraylitmag.com/i-see-the-be...
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I SEE THE BEAUTY by Diego Lama, Translated from Italian by Rose Facchini
Behind the dune of plastics, hidden among the clumps of charred O-Rings and heaps of shapeless garbage, there is a large tank. In the tank are cockroaches. Every day, I climb onto the metal cover and ...
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Poetry time! My translations of two poems, “Contact Lenses” by Irene Moccia and “Love Poem” by Stefano De Vecchi, are featured in @exactingclam.bsky.social’s latest issue. Such a beautiful issue. My thanks to the editors and to Irene and Stefano for trusting me with their work. It’s been a delight!
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No. 17 — Summer 2025 | Exacting Clam
The Discerning Mollusk's Guide to Arts and Ideas. Contributions by Roberta Allen, Jesi Bender, Jacek Blaszkiewicz, P.J. Blumenthal, Christopher Boucher, Ian Boulton, Graham Clifford, Marvin Cohen, Mic...
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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Kasia Szymanska, Translation Multiples: From Global Culture to Postcommunist Democracy – @princetonupress.bsky.social, May 2025 press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... interview at Journal of the History of Ideas @jhideas.bsky.social blog www.jhiblog.org/2025/05/28/t...
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Translation Multiples
A new genre of writing demonstrating that translation is neither a transparent medium nor a secondary form of literature
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Check out my latest translation published in West Branch 108, Spring/Summer 2025: "Fictions" by Diego Lama! Many thanks to Joe Scapellato and Andrew Ciotola at @westbranchmagazine.bsky.social, and Diego, of course, for trusting me with his work.
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Current Print Issue – West Branch
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Journal of the History of Ideas @jhideas.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
What's the problem with declarations of a new translation's "authoritative" status? In an interview on her new book, Translation Multiples, Kasia Szymanska (@kaszyma.bsky.social) discusses the idiosyncrasies and possibilities of the practice of translation. @princetonupress.bsky.social
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Translation in Different Keys: An Interview with Kasia Szymanska
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Kasia Szymanska @kaszyma.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
It was an absolute pleasure to chat to @rosefacchini.bsky.social for @jhideas.bsky.social about my book Translation Multiples, which is now officially out (@princetonupress.bsky.social)! I love the cover image and the title for this interview: "Translation in Different Keys". Thank you, Rose & Zach!
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Another translation published! Check out my translation of Diego Lama’s story “The Silent City” in LEAN. A big thanks to Semyon Khokhlov for featuring us!
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Honored to be a Guest Editor for a special translation feature in West Branch Wired. My deepest gratitude to the West Branch team for their trust and support, and to the amazing contributors Oonagh Stransky, Edward Gauvin, and @slava8.bsky.social for their stunning translations!
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Guest Editor Rose Facchini – West Branch
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I’m thrilled to announce the release of International Poetry Review Volume 48 (UNC Press), co-edited by my colleague Ana Hontanilla and me. We are now accepting submissions for International Poetry Review Volume 49. Please send your work by September 1, 2025, to rose.facchini@tufts.edu.
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International Poetry Review | Ana Hontanilla | University of North Carolina Press
The exploration of loss, renewal, and self-discovery in these works invites readers to recognize echoes of their own journeys, fostering a profound connectio...
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Another piece of good news in the same week! Published my translation of Diego Lama's "Upgrade" in 365tomorrows yesterday. Happy reading!
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Upgrade - 365tomorrows
Author: Diego Lama, Translated: Rose Facchini Lucio has smelled of piss and shit for more than twenty years, ever since his mother died suddenly and he started sleeping in the park. That night, howeve...
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Thrilled to announce my latest translations from the Italian: "The Children" and "The Business Partner" by Diego Lama, published in LEAN! You can read them here: www.lean-mag.com/lama
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The Children & The Business Partner
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Thrilled to share my interview with @anna-lanfranchi.bsky.social for the @jhideas.bsky.social, where we discuss her new book on translations and copyright in the Italian book trade during the early twentieth century. Honored to have had this conversation—hope you'll check it out!
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John Raimo @johnraimo.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Predictably insightful and provocative review from Benjamin Wurgaft (@benwurgaft.bsky.social) on Steven Shapin's latest book, "On Melons and Melancholy" (@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, #skystorians, #history): lareviewofbooks.org/article/on-m...
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On Melons and Melancholy | Los Angeles Review of Books
Ben Wurgaft demonstrates how Steven Shapin’s “Eating and Being” illuminates the intellectual and cultural dynamics of “dietetics”—the relationship between diet, health, and identity—like no prior work...
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Journal of the History of Ideas @jhideas.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
In the second installment of a two-part interview, Rose Facchini interviews Benjamin Wurgaft and Merry (Corky) White about their new book, "Ways of Eating: Exploring Food through History and Culture." www.jhiblog.org/2024/09/18/w...
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Ways of Eating: An Interview with Benjamin Wurgaft and Merry (Corky) White, Part 2
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Journal of the History of Ideas @jhideas.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
In the first installment of a two-part interview, Rose Facchini interviews Benjamin Wurgaft and Merry (Corky) White about their new book, "Ways of Eating: Exploring Food through History and Culture." www.jhiblog.org/2024/09/16/w...
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Ways of Eating: An Interview with Benjamin Wurgaft and Merry (Corky) White, Part 1
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John Raimo @johnraimo.bsky.social · 15/10/2024
Of interest to all #skystorians and those working on #bookhistory! The utterly brilliant Anna Lanfranchi has just published her book on Italian publishing, early 20th century flows of translated literatures, and more. Cannot recommend highly enough: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Translations and Copyright in the Italian Book Trade
This book examines the consequences of the 19th-century copyright revolution in the Italian publishing industry from a transnational perspective.
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 20/09/2024
I had the opportunity to review "Abandonment" by Erminia Dell’Oro, beautifully translated by Oonagh Stransky. Check out my full review in Asymptote: www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2024/09...
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Held Together by Dreams: On Erminia Dell’Oro’s Abandonment - Asymptote Blog
Her characters are profoundly human, each wrestling with their own fears, hopes, and desires . . .
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John Raimo @johnraimo.bsky.social · 18/09/2024
How often does one get to see friends interview friends in print? A wonderful two-part interview by @rosefacchini.bsky.social of @benwurgaft.bsky.social & Merry (Corky) White for the @jhideas.bsky.social! #Skystorians #history I) www.jhiblog.org/2024/09/16/w... & II) www.jhiblog.org/2024/09/18/w...
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Ways of Eating: An Interview with Benjamin Wurgaft and Merry (Corky) White, Part 1
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
Excited to share my latest translation from the Italian: "The Snapshot" by Diego Lama, published in @fictivedream.bsky.social today. Please note that this story contains some gun violence, so reader discretion is advised. fictivedream.com/2024/08/30/t...
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The Snapshot
by Diego Lama Translated from Italian by Rose Facchini Carlo had been diagnosed with a rare tumor. His only hope depended on the research of a Polish doctor who for the past twenty years had been the ...
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
We're delighted to welcome back Diego Lama with his short story The Snapshot, translated by @rosefacchini.bsky.social and out tomorrow #shortstory #translation
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 12/07/2024
My latest translation appearing in Fictive Dream! Give it a read, and hope you enjoy.
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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 12/07/2024
"When she left the ruins and returned home, she found grandma, small and meek, waiting for her in the dining room." Grandma by Diego Lama and translated by Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social #shortstory #translation fictivedream.com/2024/07/12/g...
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Grandma
by Diego Lama Translated from Italian by Rose Facchini AGNESE WENT TO VISIT her old grandmother whom she loved dearly—so dainty, so good. She wanted to be like her when she grew up, a perfect likeness...
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 17/06/2024
I recently updated my Poets & Writers profile with my latest translations (IT>EN), featuring writer Diego Lama and poets Irene Moccia and Stefano De Vecchi. www.pw.org/directory/wr... More coming soon!
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Rose Facchini @rosefacchini.bsky.social · 17/06/2024
Confession: I am terrible at social media. But I have things to share and they're coming soon.
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