Twenty-Five Essays Later

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

Oct 28, 2025

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Do you know Bob?

I stepped into a small alimentari in Ferrazzano, a hilltop town in Molise, to buy a few things so my friends and I could make panini. The clerk noticed my accent and asked if I was American. I nodded.

“Allora,” h…

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