A slightly underwhelming read. Some of the writers had a pleasant analytical language while others failed to convey anything substantial due to pseudo intellectual writing, comes off as self-congratulatory. I think it would have been particularly useful for the Italian writers to have worked with translators on their saggi, so that the texts would have been more comprehensible. I really like Tania Bruguera and her work now, and I have to partially thank this book for it.