Marble’s Elusive Fruit
By Steve Shaheen (MFA 2005) After six weeks in seaside Carrara, the skin is tan, the body sore, the stomach accustomed to heaping portions of carbohydrates, and the New York grind a fleeting bad dream. The rust has finally been scraped off my Italian, but my brain is amply scrambled from constant translation, so much so that I am now… Read More