In this special issue, the Chicago Quarterly Review turns to Italy and its writers during a time of great unrest, both socially and politically. This is a diverse, vibrant collection of poetry and prose translations from the 1960s to the present, featuring these writers, translators and artists: Cristina Alziati * Traci Andrighetti * Jacob Blakesley * Margaret Brose * Rossana Campo * Mauro Casiraghi * Mauro Castellani * Patrizia Cavalli * Mara Cini * Bonnie Costello * Deborah Davies * Franca Di Muzio * John Domini * Fabio Donalisio * Rudi Dundas * Adam Elgar * Biancamaria Frabotta * Adria Frizzi * Sciltian Gastaldi * Georgia Emma Gili * Robert Hahn * Michael Kirylo * Alessandra Lavagnino * Ernesto Livorni * Valerio Magrelli * Nicola Manuppelli * Michela Martini * Silvana Mastrolia * Elizabeth McKenzie * Massimo Migliorati * Guido Morselli * Ellen Nerenberg * Aldo Palazzeschi * Katia Pansa * Gabriele Pedulla * Giacomo Pilati * Alta L. Price * Frederika Randall * Rosebud Rosabella * Edoardo Sanguineti * Angela Scarparo * Olivia E. Sears * Nicola Skert * Emanuele Trevi * Francesco Verso * Patrizia Vicinelli * Patrizia Villani * J. Rodolfo Wilcock"