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Notes
Readings
Archive of notes, re-readings, and pages dedicated to books.
The Superman
Andre Murciel isn't a Superman, he's a man who surpassed the steam engine phase.
The Furnace
Perhaps the book that started this habit of keeping track of the books I read.
Pataphysics is the Art of Seeing
The disappearance of illusion due to an excess of reality.
Perfide
The style is wonderful, sublime, D'Annunzian; the reading is occasionally thrilling.
Pianoforte for Sale
Like a reliable bus on time for commuting to work.
Punacci, Story of a Black Goat
A glimpse into lives on the margins, told with tenderness.
How to Lie with Charts
You learn to dismantle those who want to deceive us, you learn to tell the truth.
The Wedding of Cadmo and Harmonia
A vast, sweeping book that tackles all of Greekness: its myths, its deities.
How Did It All Begin?
Le nozze di Cadmo e Armonia, di Roberto Calasso. Un libro vasto, profondo.
How to Order a Library
The book, like the spoon, belongs to those objects that are invented once and for all.
The Celestial Hunter
The myth offers two contradictory realities: one must find a way to accept both.
The Cult of the Dead
A novel of incredible intimate contemporaneity and social oblivion.
Monsieur Teste
Prove you're still the same person you thought you were.
Nobody Starts from the Homepage
Nessuno entra dalla porta principale, perché laporta principale non c'è. Si arriva direttamente dove serve, c'è una sorta di teletrasporto.
The Obsession With the Right Tools
Foam, viisual studio Code, Github, IA Writer. Tutto perché non si più usare carta e penna per prendere nota dei pensieri.
Advice to Young Writers
Baudelaire's advice for those who start writing.
The Leap
Signs, figures and words: a journey to the origin of imagination.
Exfanzia
A reading note on Exfanzia, poetry collection by Valerio Magrelli read in January 2026.
The Magi
The story of the Magi told by a medieval historian.
La vicevita
A reading note on La vicevita, Valerio Magrelli's poetry collection read in January 2026.
Medieval Goliardic Songs
A reading note on medieval goliardic songs, collected and edited by Luisa Vertova.
The Profile of Dada
This irreplicable moment where art nullifies the work, renounces the artist, and inverts the perspective on artistic action.
The Story of the Magi
The medieval account of the Magi by Giovanni di Hildesheim.
Fantastic Machines
A stroll by a literary flâneur through mechanical protagonists.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
I never imagined finding myself facing a story turned upside down, full of adventure and mystery.
The Disqualified One
Words don't divide only between masculine and feminine, but also between comic and tragic.
Music for Chameleons
Truman Capote returns after Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Uno zinzino di Zen (A Little Zen)
Personal irrelevancies and historical problems of infinite echo are pursued.
A banana is not the verb to slide. It evokes a fall.
An icon doesn't need to translate a concept: it must evoke the scene that allows it to be understood.
Things that leave a question behind: books, images, places, tools, work, and notebook margins. Not reviews or instructions—notes for thinking further.
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