• Essay,  May 2021

    Silence on the Alban Ridge

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. View Current Issue Here. Essay by: Scott & Trang Crider On a cool, clear late-winter afternoon in Marino, we stepped up into the Cotral bus from Roma to Velletri and…

  • Essay,  May 2021

    There is a Place

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. Essay By: Antonia Caserta In Florence there is a place I go to seek respite from the frenetic city, the chaos of everyday life and, above all, my noisy…

  • Essay,  January 2021 Issue

    The Only Thing to Write about

    Featured in the January 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review and included in the Series: letters from Lockdown. View Magazine Here. By Norah Leibow Recently, I have been fascinated with the Mediterranean. The crisp beaches, the white sailboats, steep cliffs,…

  • Essay,  January 2021 Issue

    Freedom from the Known

    Featured in the January 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review and included in the Series: letters from Lockdown. View Magazine Here. By Sezgi Uygur At the beginning of this year I left my home with a luggage packed for a…

  • Essay,  January 2021 Issue

    Italianizzata

    Featured in the January 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review and included in the Series: letters from Lockdown. View Magazine Here. By Rachel Zitin *Part One of this essay “American… but…” is available at opendoorsreview.com/blog. There’s a distinct irony that…

  • Essay

    American… but…

    This essay was written on November 15, 2016. It is Part One of a two-part essay series on identity. Part Two, “Italianizzata” is included in the January 2021 Issue of the Open Doors Review. Click here to read the Magazine.…