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Alessandra Bava

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in Roma, Italy

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I am an Italian poet and translator who grew up in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Italy. I reside and work in the Eternal City. I attended American and international schools and I earned my Master’s Degree in American Literature from Rome’s “La Sapienza” University. My poems have been nominated twice for Best of the Net. Over 100 poems and translations have appeared or are forthcoming in journals such as Arsenic Lobster, Chiron Review, Left Curve, Menacing Hedge, Plath Profiles, Thrush Poetry Journal, Tinderbox, Waxwing. I have 2 collections out: A rima armata (2016) in Italian and Guerrilla Blues (2012) in Italian and English. I have 4 chapbooks published in English, Love & Other Demons (dancing girl press, 2017), Diagnosis (dg ...more

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Marina Tsvetaeva and Me

I have read so many works by Marina Tsvetaeva since last summer that I'm totally obsessed by her. It seems to me that I have swallowed a whole world and that I now need to process it, much like an alligator digesting its huge prey. I have had a poem about her 2 daughters whirling in my mind for weeks. It's so heartbreaking, that I fear I may never be able to write it down.

Wish me luck!

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Average rating: 4.4 · 55 ratings · 14 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Soft science by Franny Choi, Viola Lo Moro (Translator), Alessandra Bava (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.91 avg rating — 4,037 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crack the Spine: Spring 2012 by Kerri Farrell Foley (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Deal (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Steve Klepetar (Contributor) 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	They Talk about Death 4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sonnets by Shinjini Bhattacharjee (Editor), E. Kristin Anderson (Goodreads Author), Sandra Marchetti (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guerrilla Blues it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diagnosis 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Musa e getta. I racconti delle lettrici e dei lettori by Gaia Casanova, Alessandra Bava (Goodreads Author), Aldo Dalla Vecchia 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love & Other Demons it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A rima armata 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Volare (English Edition) by Daniela Pasqualetti, Alessandra Bava (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars