il posto delle parole
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Books treated as living questions.
The gist
il posto delle parole is built around extended conversations with writers, teachers, and literary guests. It lingers on titles, covers, dedications, genres, and key words until a book opens into questions of identity, faith, imagination, violence, poetry, and the work of writing.
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About il posto delle parole
il posto delle parole is an Italian literary interview show that gives books room to breathe. Its conversations are measured, attentive, and often quietly philosophical. The program tends to begin with something concrete: a title, a cover, a dedication, a remembered song, a photo on a dust jacket, or a word that needs explaining. Then it follows that object outward. In recent episodes, Sino-Italian literature becomes a discussion of multilingual writing, cultural crossings, translation, and the many Chinas that cannot be contained by a single image. A first novel becomes a way to speak about recognition, study, family, and the protective force of culture. A story built around songs opens onto memory, cats, black-and-white photographs, and the threshold between revealing a plot and preserving it. A poetic novel about Odessa turns toward myth, the sea, spiritual disciplines, interreligious study, images, and the bruised history of a bombed city. A book on the heart of Christ becomes an inquiry into affections, contemplation, violence, thought, and the danger of becoming socially hardened. Other conversations consider the disturbing in fiction, the poetry hidden in ordinary things, illustration as collaboration, and writing schools that offer practice rather than promises of literary fame. The show is interview-centric, but the questioning voice is active and interpretive. It often restates a guest's idea as a wider cultural question, then lets the answer unfold at length. Plot is usually treated with restraint. The better word is threshold: the book is approached closely enough to feel its texture, but not so aggressively that its inner movement is exhausted. The result is suited to patient readers, writers, teachers, and listeners who enjoy literary conversation as a form of thinking aloud. Episodes can include inserted ad segments and occasional transcript drift, so the experience is not always cleanly framed. Still, the durable pleasure is clear: a serious, warm space where books lead into ethics, language, beauty, faith, politics, and the private habits of imagination.
Made for: For patient readers, writers, teachers, and culturally curious listeners who prefer reflective literary conversation to plot-first book promotion. It especially suits those interested in Italian books, poetry, spiritual thought, translation, and the craft of writing.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by staying on the threshold of a book instead of rushing through synopsis or recommendation. Its interviews turn small textual details into larger questions about language, culture, memory, faith, imagination, and how literature teaches attention.
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Conversazioni intorno ai libri, insieme con gli autoriUn quotidiano culturale"ascoltare fa pensare"www.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.
As heard by us
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · August 2026
A patient literary interview show where books open into criticism, memory, language, and cultural life.
il posto delle parole is an Arts pick for listeners who want literary interviews to breathe. The show keeps its attention on books and the thinking around them: Barbara Chitussi on Sartre's political theater, Daniela Dawan's La colpa di tacere moving into testimony and law,…
Why you'd press play
Bring your best espresso; Sartre, Odessa, and sino-Italian stories are not doing small talk.
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- a patient interviewer who asks authors and scholars to slow the big idea down
- books that pull you toward philosophy, law, exile, design, and translation
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Episodes
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Marco Cardetta "... dal mare. Nero di Odessa"
Marco Cardetta discusses his new book 'dal mare nero di Odessa', exploring themes of life versus biography, language's relationship with reality, and his philosophical approach to literature.
·23m - 2
Luca Zanforlin "Mia & Lea. La vita è una canzone"
·19m - 3
Valentina Pedone "Addio mia Cinciuè"
Hidden gemValentina Pedone discusses her edited anthology 'Addio, mia Cinciuè', which collects Sino-Italian writings to highlight a century-old community often overlooked in Italian culture.
Apr 12, 2026·18m·1 clip - 4
Luca Zanforlin "Mia & Lea. La vita è una canzone"
Luca Zanforlin discusses his novel 'Mia e Lea, la vita è una canzone' and shares personal anecdotes about his life and writing.
Apr 11, 2026·19m - 5
Marco Cardetta "... dal mare. Nero di Odessa"
Host Livio interviews author Marco Cardetta about his new poetry collection 'Dal mare, nero di Odessa', published by Le Flaneur Edizioni.
Apr 11, 2026·23m·2 clips - 6
Giacomo D'Ambrosio "Il ladro di chimere"
Giacomo D'Ambrosio discusses his literary awards and background as a writer in this interview about his first novel.
Apr 11, 2026·32m - 7
Giorgia Tribuiani "Pezzi"
This episode features an interview with author Giorgia Tribuiani discussing her book 'Pezzi' and exploring the literary concept of the disturbing in writing.
Apr 10, 2026·15m - 8
Andrea Martina "Questo posto mi sta respingendo"
This episode features an interview with author Andrea Martina about his novel 'Questo posto mi sta respingendo' and his diverse work across novels, podcasts, documentaries, and theater.
Apr 10, 2026·20m - 9
Leonardo Colombati "Non vi sarà più notte"
Leonardo Colombati discusses the unique approach of Accademia Molly Bloom, a writing school he co-founded that focuses on providing tools for writing as a form of self-analysis and adventure rather than promising to make students into published authors.
Apr 10, 2026·23m - 10
Marco Consentino, Domenico Dodaro "La radiomante di Himmler"
Apr 10, 2026·21m - 11
Guido Saracco "Biennale Tecnologia"
This episode features an interview with Guido Saracco about the Biennale Tecnologia festival in Turin, exploring the role of technology in society and human creativity.
Apr 10, 2026·21m - 12
Gaetano Piccolo "Alla scuola degli affetti"
Apr 10, 2026·21m - 13
Chiara Carminati "Cose che fanno poesia"
Chiara Carminati discusses her book 'Cose che fanno poesia' with illustrations by Pia Valentini, exploring how ordinary things can inspire poetry.
Apr 10, 2026·16m - 14
Vincenzo Susca "Bello da morire"
Apr 9, 2026·23m - 15
Daniela Dawan "La colpa di tacere"
Daniela Dawan, a Supreme Court of Cassation judge and former Libyan refugee, discusses her novel 'La colpa di tacere' (The Guilt of Silence).
Apr 9, 2026·22m·2 clips - 16
Licia Martella "Dormire"
Apr 9, 2026·21m - 17
Elisabetta Cannarozzi "L'onda e lo scoglio"
Apr 9, 2026·16m - 18
Alice Laverda "Sacro fuoco" Emmanuel Venet
This episode features an interview with translator Alice Laverda about her new translation of Emmanuel Venet's novel 'Sacro Fuoco', published by Preistorica, including discussion of the author and literary context.
Apr 9, 2026·22m - 19
Stefania Auci "L'alba dei leoni"
Apr 8, 2026·15m - 20
Gabriella Greison "La lunghezza d'onda della felicità"
Apr 8, 2026·16m - 21
Arianna Marelli "Tabù. Egon Schiele"
Apr 8, 2026·18m - 22
Fabio Guarnaccia "Zen Bang Love"
Apr 8, 2026·23m - 23
Romana Petri "Distanza di sicurezza"
Apr 8, 2026·26m - 24
Mattia Insolia "La vita giovane"
Apr 8, 2026·13m - 25
Barbara Chitussi "Paradosso della libertà"
Barbara Chitussi discusses her book 'Paradosso della libertà', analyzing Jean-Paul Sartre's political theater.
Apr 6, 2026·22m·2 clips - 26
Amanda Colombo "La storia tra le righe"
Apr 6, 2026·14m - 27
Simona Cantelmi "L'odore del sonno"
Apr 6, 2026·13m - 28
Gian Piero Amandola "L'uomo del lunedì"
This episode features an interview with journalist and novelist Gian Piero Amandola discussing his book 'L'uomo del lunedì', which is inspired by a real crime case and connects to the legacy of 'La donna della domenica' by Fruttero and Lucentini.
Apr 3, 2026·22m - 29
Antonella Ossorio "Il giardino perfetto"
Apr 3, 2026·18m - 30
Gabriele Gimmelli "Stanze per la fantasia" Aldo Buzzi
Host Livio interviews Gabriele Gimmelli about his book 'Stanze per la fantasia' on Aldo Buzzi.
Apr 3, 2026·21m·2 clips - 31
Gianluigi Cosi "45 giri di poesia"
Apr 3, 2026·14m - 32
Maurizio Cilli "I nemici del Drake"
Apr 3, 2026·17m