Archive - Amit Varma's Blog

Poetry Is the Opposite of Cliche

NotAllPoetry, of course

Jun 22 • Amit Varma

April 2026

A Matter of Life and Death

The words we use have consequences

Apr 26 • Amit Varma

Life Lessons From the Renaissance

My Italian Diaries: 11

Apr 18 • Amit Varma

Varma’s Law of Tourism (and Other Thoughts)

My Italian Diaries: 10

Apr 15 • Amit Varma

Sometimes We Must Remember. (Sometimes We Must Forget)

My Italian Diaries: 9

Apr 13 • Amit Varma

Piccolomini and Pogacar Pass Through Siena

My Italian Diaries: 8

Apr 11 • Amit Varma

Driving in a Foreign Country

My Italian Diaries: 7

Apr 9 • Amit Varma

Behind the Kiss, and After the Kiss

My Italian Diaries: 6

Apr 8 • Amit Varma

The Two Tensions in Art

My Italian Diaries: 5

Apr 6 • Amit Varma

Cities, Gardens, Museums – and the Architecture of Attention

My Italian Diaries: 4

Apr 4 • Amit Varma

Can There Be a Renaissance in Versova?

My Italian Diaries: 3

Apr 3 • Amit Varma

Murder in the Field of Flowers

My Italian Diaries: 2

Apr 2 • Amit Varma

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