An overview of contemporary Italian women's poetry from 1970 to the present day.

Five Italian poets, Maddalena Bergamin, Carmen Gallo, Giulia Martini, Laura Pugno, and Francesca Santucci, will be reading some of their poems along with others by authors who had an important role in the development of their poetic voices.


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