Il libro dei primati/The Book of Primates Available Here
The bilingual Italian-English manuscript Il libro dei primati / The Book of Primates combines prose and poetry to revisit/reimagine the folkloric traditions of two American states where the author spent many years: the state of Maine and that of New York. In his reworking/recreating of these traditions, he looked at traditional poems, ballads, tales, legends, and revisited them through contemporary experimental language and contents. The result is a series of new texts, each the result of a contamination between the original texts and the author’s own re-imagining them, in light of modern settings and contents. This work is very far from being just a "re-writing" of traditional materials. Rather, it is an approach in which he re-generates the old tradition.
"Recitativi" Available Now
A new work in collaboration with composer James Wright Glasgow
Recitativi
Strange Fangs Song Factory presents “Recitativi”, a performance in the tradition of contemporary avant-garde composers collaborating with poets, such as Hydrogen Jukebox by Philip Glass and Allen Ginsburg. Composer James Glasgow (whose clients include Secondhand Dance Company, Edinburgh Fringe Critic’s Choice winner for Dance) performs original music he has composed for the poems of Mario Moroni (winner of Lorenzo Montano Poetry Prize) as Moroni recites his works. The poetry is atmospheric and immersive, and the music is haunting and beautiful, creating a dramatic, almost operatic experience for the listener as the poems and music have a conversation of sorts. The music is performed on piano, cello, and a small orchestral arrangement, and exhibits a modern take on impressionism. Cover art by Julie Slattery.