In Our Mother's Voice: Poems from Piedmont

This collection of poems is a tribute of affection to a language threatened by extinction. Like the glaciers that topped the mountains defining much of Piedmont's horizon, the agricultural world that still used Piedmontese as its mother tongue has been slowly receding for years. The numbers of speakers of Piedmontese dwindle and attempts at reviving its popularity, albeit commendable, are faced with Italy's changing demographics. And the much-needed arrival of migrant handworkers from abroa...