The ITALIAN DISPATCH By Eric J Lyman

✍️ Dispatch: The Last Paparazzo?

An evening with Rino Barillari and the instincts that shaped Italy's celebrity culture

Dec 16, 2025 • Eric J Lyman

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The Venetian Time Machine

Personal Notes from the Quiet Season in the Canal City

Dec 9, 2025 • Eric J Lyman

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✍️ Dispatch: A Florida Man in Rome

Notes from a Romanized American upon returning to the motherland

Dec 2, 2025 • Eric J Lyman

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November 2025

What makes Italy Italy?

Why the country's unwritten rules matter as much as the written ones

Nov 25, 2025 • Eric J Lyman

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✍️ Dispatch: My Roman Thanksgiving

How a patient Testaccio butcher guided me through my first Italian 'Ringraziamento'

Nov 18, 2025 • Eric J Lyman

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Almost Roman

For outsiders, living in the Eternal City is an apprenticeship that never ends

Nov 10, 2025 • Eric J Lyman

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✍️ Dispatch: A Cathedral of Cheese

My pilgrimage to the soul of Parmigiano-Reggiano

Nov 4, 2025 • Eric J Lyman

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October 2025

Twenty-Five Essays Later

Stories about Spies, Saints, Police, Popes, Molise, and the Mona Lisa

Oct 28, 2025 • Eric J Lyman

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Revisiting Italy’s Unwritten Rulebook

‘Tranquillo’: Lessons on Mondays, meatballs, ossobuco, and the Olympics

Oct 21, 2025 • Eric J Lyman

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The Eternal City of Spies

From the Cold War to Cyber-Espionage, Rome Has Long Been a City of Secrets

Oct 14, 2025 • Eric J Lyman

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Waiting for the Fall

Here’s a Chestnut: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

Oct 7, 2025 • Eric J Lyman

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September 2025

Italy Has a Migrant Problem, but Not the One You Think

Refugees Dominate Headlines as the Country's Best and Brightest Depart

Sep 30, 2025 • Eric J Lyman

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