Soffritto

by Joe Pan

An American poet in Italy learns of a terrible tragedy that sends him into a deep spiral of personal reflection. The next day he buys a small notebook before boarding a train from Venice to Florence. Moved by this loss, the political forces operating back home, and the culture and people surrounding him, he finds himself attempting to write a book of poetry in a single day.

Kindle Edition

Published October 16, 2018

About the author

Joe Pan’s debut literary crime novel, FLORIDA PALMS, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice pick and named a Best Book of 2025 by CrimeReads, Library Journal, and the Sun Sentinel. The New York Times Book Review hailed the novel as “a musky, Florida-specific stew of sweat, blood, swamp gas and amphetamine addiction.” Joe is also the founding publisher and editor-in-chief of Augury Books and Brooklyn Arts Press, honored with a National Book Award in Poetry. He lives in Los Angeles.