Edited by Mark Lipman (Venice, CA) and Anna Lombardo (Venice, IT), with cover art by Alessandra Drigo. Venice, CA poets: Will Alexander, Iris Berry, Rich Ferguson, S.A. Griffin, Susan Hayden, Ellyn Maybe, Richard Modiano, Bill Mohr, Harry E. Northup, Pam Ward, and Gail Wronsky. Venice, IT poets: Giovanni Luca Asmundo, Domenico Brancale, Alessandra Drigo, Giacomo Falchetta, Brigidina Gentile, Fabia Ghenzovich, Alessandra Pellizzari, Valeria Raimondi, Adam Vaccaro, and Zingonia Zingone. ["Venice is immortal, like pure poetry: it is embodied beyond time and space. This anthology is a poetic bridge built between two cities whose names identify each other and echo lives lived and to be lived-transoceanic passages transmitted by voices that on both sides of the ocean remind us of the value of poetic inspiration."]"Venezia è immortale come la poesia pura: si ha incarna oltre il tempo e lo spazio. Questa antologia è un ponte poetico gettato tra due città che nel nome si identificano e fanno eco a vite vissute e da vivere-passaggi transoceanici trasmessi da voci che da un lato e dall'altro dell'oceano ci ricordano il valore dell'ispirazione poetica." -Flaminia Cruciani, poet, archaeologist, author of A Crown of Flames: Selected Poems & Aphorisms ["We Italian poets continue to sympathize with American movements, nascent too, because we find more solitude, and a serious attempt to develop a new one true civil conscience in the people. Civil poets are probably born, and in this beautiful one anthology From Venice to Venice , there are some of the best on both sides of the Atlantic."]"Noi poeti italiani continuiamo a simpatizzare per i movimenti americani, anche nascenti, perché troviamo più soliarietà, e un serio tentativo di sviluppare una nuova vera coscienza civile nelle gente. Poeti civili si nasce probabilmente, e in questa bella antologia From Venice to Venice , ce ne sono tra i migliori delle due sponde dell'Atlantico."-Igor Costanzo, author of Re-Beat: New and Selected Poems , I Wish to be Light , and Apnea "The two different landscapes of this poetry collection - the Italian city of Venice and California, Venice Beach - are mirrored by the direct, plain-speaking style and arresting images of the poets. The collection is an interesting way to compare verses of poets living in the same period in places so far away from each other. It's a book about seeking to find the forms in which to think the thoughts necessary for survival. The poems are rigorously self-questioning and give us an interesting view of the topics (politics, social issues, personal challenges) and thoughts of these contemporary poets."["I due diversi paesaggi di questa raccolta poetica-la città italiana di Venezia e Venice Beach californiana-si rispecchiano nello stile diretto e schietto e nelle immagini accattivanti dei poeti. La raccolta è un modo interessante per mettere a confronto versi di poeti e poete che vivono nello stesso periodo in luoghi così distanti tra loro. È un libro sulla ricerca delle forme in cui formulare i pensieri necessari per la sopravvivenza. Le poesie si interrogano rigorosamente e ci danno una visione interessante su argomenti (politica, questioni sociali, sfide personali) e pensieri di questi poeti contemporanei."]-Serena Piccoli, author of gulp/gasp "An outstanding anthology that highlights the connections between the Californian and Italian cities and celebrates their differences."["Un'eccellente antologia che evidenzia il legame tra le città californiane e italiane e celebra le loro differenze."]-John Frank, Senior Librarian, Venice - Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch Library, Los Angeles Public Library Mark Lipman, founder of the press Vagabond, the Culver City Book Festival, the Elba Poetry Festival; winner of the 2015 Joe Hill Labor Poetry Award; the 2016 International Latino Book Award and the 2023 L'Alloro di Dante (Dante's Laurel - Italy), a writer, poet, multi-media artist, activist, and author of fourteen books, began his career as the writer-in-residence at the world famous Shakespeare and Company in Paris, France (2002-2003). Since then, he has worked closely with such legendary poets as Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Jack Hirschman on many projects and for the last twenty years has been establishing a strong international following as a leading voice of his generation. He's the host and foreign correspondent for the radio program, Poetry from Around the World for Poets Café on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles. As Mark continues to travel the world, he uses poetry to connect communities to the greater social justice issues, while building consciousness through the spoken word. Anna Lombardo lives in Venice. Poet, translator, and cultural activist. Degree from the Cà Foscari University of Venice with a PhD on the marginalization of female poetry at Trinity College in Dublin. Bilingual poetic collections: Even the Fish Are Drunk (2002); No Alibi (2004); That Something Missing (2009); Con candide mani (2020); Con c