• May 2021,  Poetry,  Uncategorized

    Mother Tongue

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review.  Poem By: Curry Patricia Anton tell me of yoursoil compositionthe flows of your sacred waters andthe geology of your fertile body and I will tell you about the seasons…

  • May 2021,  Poetry

    We Come Home

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. Poem By: Roan Shea Watch outthere’s a slippery patch just to the rightat the bottom of the stairs. Directly at the bottom. We didn’t know when we had it…

  • May 2021,  Visual Art

    Piazzale Michelangelo Fronte/Retro

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. View Current Issue Here. Visual Art by: Alanah Edwards Black thread Embroidery Author Bio: My name is Alanah, and I’m a 21-year-old architectural embroidery artist. I grew up in the…

  • Author Interviews

    Interview with Author and Guest Judge: Heather Jane Johnson

    This interview appears in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. To view the magazine, click here. To listen to the podcast, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or click the link below to listen on Podbean. https://opendoorsreview.podbean.com/e/6-heather-johnson-author-of-1500/ Introduction Heather…

  • May 2021,  Visual Art

    Spring Street Cafe, Rome

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. By: Juliana Bleh Author Bio: Juliana Bleh is the pseudonym of this Irish expat artist in Italy. Several years ago she developed a dripped-paint technique to mimic her fast…

  • May 2021,  Short Fiction

    A Kindness

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. Fiction by: Sarah Barnett-Benelli I was travelling with a dear friend in England. We were heading north to attend the funeral of a mutual acquaintance but had missed a…

  • Lingua Italiana,  May 2021,  Short Fiction

    Ogni Desiderio

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. Racconta da: Giovanni Vergineo “Ogni tuo desiderio è un ordine”—disse Gennaro, ma non lo pensava. Pensava: “mi hai rotto i coglioni, mo’ ti do una testata brutta cicciona americana…

  • May 2021,  Visual Art

    Nostalgia

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. View Current Issue Here. By: Vinita Salomé Film / Rome, 2004 Author Bio: My working philosophy is based on perceptions and feelings, which have been polished and honed through my…

  • English Language,  May 2021,  Short Fiction

    More than Fire

    Featured in the May 2021 Issue of The Open Doors Review. Fiction by: Flavia Brunetti When Eva appeared at the water’s edge in Brindisi, the god Tevere was already there, a figure wrapped in oilskin, looking into the sea. He…