Italy’s town of diaries: where ordinary people’s memoirs

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Carl LaFong
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Italy’s town of diaries: where ordinary people’s memoirs Jun 24, 2022 11:31:57 GMT theravenking and clusium like this

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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 24, 2022 11:31:57 GMT

are salvaged and celebrated

At the national diary archive in Pieve Santo Stefano, Tuscany, no journal is ever turned away – whether typed, scrawled or written on a bedsheet.

www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jun/24/italys-town-of-diaries-where-ordinary-peoples-memoirs-are-salvaged-and-celebrated

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Italy’s town of diaries: where ordinary people’s memoirs Jun 25, 2022 3:38:53 GMT Carl LaFong likes this

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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jun 25, 2022 3:38:53 GMT

Cool. Reminds me of the French novel (also made into a movie) “The Mystery of Henri Pick”, which has the basic premise of a small-time library that accepts any manuscript by aspiring writers whose work has been rejected by publishers.