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In Sardinia review by Fiorenzo Caterini: “Il libro di Jeff è unico, da questo punto di vista. È un capolavoro.”

Il libro di Jeff è unico, da questo punto di vista. È un capolavoro: nel senso di opera che, secondo me, conclude definitivamente l’epoca di uno sguardo esclusivamente esterno e ne inizia un’altra, uno sguardo che, non potendo essere del … Continue reading

TLS review of In Sardinia: Times Literary Supplement in London: “Much more than a travelogue, In Sardinia is compendious and evocative.”

In Brief|In Brief Review Outpost of isolation The history of an island with ‘no history’ By Jonathan Buckley The Sardinia of D. H. Lawrence’s Sea and Sardinia (1921) is a squalid place, despite the exemplary masculinity of its men and the savage beauty … Continue reading

Washington Independent Review of Books: “A successful and well-written blend of history, travel, art, literature, and culture”

Book Review in Non-Fiction, History, Travel In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy A worthy corrective to the island’s unfairly tarnished reputation. Jeff Biggers is on a mission to correct the misperceptions of Sardinia in accounts from Cicero to D.H. Lawrence that portray the … Continue reading

Atlas Obscura: This Mysterious Ziggurat Was an Ancient European Pilgrimage SiteAtlas Obscura:

Read full story here. THE ZIGGURAT OF MONTE D’ACCODDI was a place of the gods, somewhere between chelu e mare, as singer Maria Carta might have sung. That very word seemed somewhat outlandish—a ziggurat in Europe, in Sardinia of all places. Ziggurats … Continue reading

Salon: Death in Sardinia

Read the full story here. As Sardinia, the second largest island in the Mediterranean, readied for the 100th anniversary of D.H. Lawrence’s landmark travel book, “Sea and Sardinia,” I pulled over my car at the Monumental Cemetery in the northern city … Continue reading

LitHub: The Land of the Muses.” How Sardinia Became Italy’s Island of PoetsLitHub

“The Land of the Muses.” How Sardinia Became Italy’s Island of Poets Jeff Biggers on the Centuries-Old Tradition of Poetry in Sardinia By Jeff Biggers Read the full story here. May 25, 2023 Sardinian poet Nanni Falconi watched as translators zoomed in from Paris, … Continue reading

Wall Street Journal Review of In Sardinia: Enthusiastic and erudite guide

‘In Sardinia’ Review: Mediterranean Crossroads The island, once a coveted prize for competing empires, is now a luxury tourist destination. By Dominic Green May 26, 2023  D.H. Lawrence wrote that the Italian island of Sardinia has “no history, no date, no … Continue reading

Italia! Magazine Review: “Consummate storyteller, a modern Sardinian odyssey”

“American historian, journalist and travel writer Jeff Biggers for three decades and in his latest book crosses over the water from the mainland to the captivating island of Sardinia. DH Lawrence wrote in 1921: “Sardinia is something else. Enchanting spaces … Continue reading

Booklist Review: In Sardinia “Admiring ode…a fine mix of geography and history.”

April 1, 2023 In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy.By Jeff BiggersMay 2023. 336p. Melville, $27.99 (9781685890261). 914.59 What are the stories of Sardinia, and who shall tell them? That question is at the heart of thisadmiring ode to the … Continue reading

Chicago Tribune: Interview on Kaminski’s Lot play

Chicago Tribune: Climate change, environmental justice take center stage in Theatre Northwest’s ‘Kaminski’s Lot’ Climate change, environmental justice take center stage in Theatre Northwest’s ‘Kaminski’s Lot’By JESSI VIRTUSIOPOST-TRIBUNE |OCT 29, 2021 AT 3:16 PM Mia Godfrey (left) and Denina White are among the cast … Continue reading