Aspirations to the sublime and the reality of the daily grind. Ruminations on writing, journalism, dialogue.
Luca Mastrantonio
Luca Mastrantonio writes for the weekly arts and society insert La Lettura of the Italian daily Corriere della Sera. He was until 2011 the arts editor of the Italian daily Il Riformista. He is the co-author with Miranda Rossana of Hugo Chávez. Il caudillo pop (2007) and with Francesco Bonami of L’irrazionalpopolare. Da Bocelli ai Suv. Viaggio tra gli incomprensibili miracoli d’Italia (2008). He is the author of Intellettuali col piffero (2009) and Ogni maledetta domenica (2010).
The arts supplement: decline and fall? Tucked in between the society and sports pages, the once-revered arts supplement now faces an uncertain future. Will longish articles on interesting backwaters ...