My former colleague and (current) friend Jamie Lynch always said that Thanksgiving was his favorite holiday of all. "You eat well, you spend time together with family and friends, and there is no stress about giving gifts", he put it shortly yet so clearly. I celebrated several Thanksgiving dinners with Jamie and our colleagues at The American University of Rome and remember all of them - as I do the one Thanksgiving weekend I spent with my American family in Federal Way, WA

The latest book for the narrative series alà L'Iguana editrice by Marilia Mazzeo will be out in the end of November. Non troverai altro luogo is the story of Elena, retired violinist who is looking for her missing adult son, traveling all of North Italy, following the leads based on current money withdrawals, a few random text messages and former acquaintances and habits of her son. During her encounters, she listens to several stories of disappointed, disillusioned millennia