THE ROME REVIEW 2024/2025 EDITORIAL

Dear Reader,

A lot has happened since June and we couldn’t be happier with the progress we are making. We launched The Rome Review with nothing but hopes and the firm will to create, with the help of a few old friends, a small but fierce literary space. In a ruthless world full of lies and genocides, such as the one we live in, we must continue to pursue literature – even if it seems wasteful or useless. Because art truly never is.

Thank you to everyone who supported us and submitted their art to TRR—we are still going through our inbox and will get back to everyone soon. If you haven’t heard from us in a while, it’s because we are based in climate-changed Italy and our brains were temporarily fried by the extreme heat, while also being steamed by the tropic-level humidity. But we’re still alive, aren’t we? What a privilege.

We are not writing this to luxuriate, though. At least, not exactly. At TRR, we don’t usually waste time tooting our own horn. On the contrary, we do enjoy writing silly editorials to set the 2024/2025 agenda.

For the next 11 months, you can expect even more talented authors to be featured on this website. We plan on upping the ante by showcasing a better, faster, stronger pool of writers that will, someday, take over the literary world. We do see great potential in the authors who choose us to publish their pieces, regardless of age, education, social status and identity. At TRR, we believe that everyone can be the greatest author if only they are given the opportunity to be seen by others.

This is why we decided to design our website as the result of an archival of artists. Of people, more specifically. When you enter our modest website, we want you to focus on the person who has written the poem, the short story, the non-fiction piece. We want you to look at them in the eye and reckon that art is never created in a vacuum.

Until next August, the editorial team will continue to accumulate great writings from great people, with a nice one-paragraph third-person bio and a photo portrait attached.

But be prepared: we have ambitious plans for the future of TRR.

All our love,

Michelangelo & Andrea