NO BIG DEAL, Nottetempo Edizioni, 2024
Lena is an Italian girl with the ambition of becoming a music critic, and Dixon is a British guitarist whose band is about to take off. Both come from difficult families, both want to find a new home. When Lena moves to London, she meets Dixon and his band at a show.. but, before you get your hopes up: no, they don’t get caught in a whirlwind affair; this is not a punk retelling of Romeo and Juliet. No Big Deal is a rock ‘n’ roll novel about loss, abuse, and all the ways in which grief can prevent us from being the best version of ourselves, whatever that might be.
What is being said about NBD:
"Quando la vita separa, la musica unisce," review by Orazio Labbate for Corriere della Sera
Review by Nadeesha Uyangoda for L'Internazionale
"La poca Importanza di diventare adulti," review by Armando Vertorano for Minima&moralia
"Di amore, violenza e musica," review by David Valentini for Critica Letteraria
Review by Manuel Graziani for Rumore
Review by Stefania Grasso for The Bookish Explorer
Review by Agostino Bimbo for Squadernauti
pollo fritto e disperazione, digressioni editore, 2022
This collection of short prose features works of American writers studying, teaching, and promoting academic programs of creative writing. Salvini researched the pieces, translated them into Italian, and curated them for inclusion in this anthology.
The works contained in this anthology reflect themes covering cultural and gender identity to neuroses from loss that comes with the passing of time. Authors featured in the anthology include Lance Olsen, Brandon Hobson, Tyler Mills, Christopher Linforth, Constance Squires, and Aimee Parkison.
Here's a review of Pollo Fritto e Disperazione, and a celebration of its publication from Gettysburg College.
