Magra Books

The innovative voice of this first book doesn’t settle for a display of prowess, but embodies a young poet’s attempt to discover, in the words of Ezra Pound circa 1912, “a language to think in.”

A film poem by Corrado Armanetti, based on Paul Vangelisti's "Green Wind," written and shot in the Lunigiana region of northwestern Tuscany. 2025. Color. Running time: 6:19.

All this made a curious impression when Bukowski told me a story about his early devotion to Fante.