Living Biculturalism Writing Transculturalism

<p><span>This book is a collection of essays in honor of Luigi Fontanella. Living more than fifty years in the United States and writing his innumerable works in Italian surely underscores a certain characteristic that distinguishes him from the majority of writers in Italy. First it is geographical: Luigi lives in the US whereas the majority of poets who write in Italian live in Italy. (2) It is geo-cultural; for while Luigi lives in the United States he is engaged for sure in its cultural milieu. Indeed Luigi has always been</span></p><p><span>in direct dialogue with Italy and all that it pertains. It is this continued intellectual conversation - this to-and-fro - that places him hermeneutically and linguistically under the greater umbrella of Italian. </span></p>