<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Francesco Rizzuto, Author]]></title><description><![CDATA[Francesco Rizzuto]]></description><link>https://www.francescorizzuto.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:49:14 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.francescorizzuto.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[That Ophelia Thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ophelia by Freidrich Heyser (1857-1921) "Get thee to a nunnery...toot sweet" H amlet's tragic appeal to his doomed lady love has become...]]></description><link>https://www.francescorizzuto.com/post/get-thee-to-a-nunnery-toot-sweet</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66a7bb6a4b2b5d1747ddd201</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:26:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/150fc8_d4d369e6cd4a4794a5c2868ba2ca2f94~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_795,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Francesco Rizzuto</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adriana's Underwear (A Short Story)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Author derivative image. Source: Nicolas Solerieu on Upsplash Adriana’s family occupied a two-story wood frame house across the lane and...]]></description><link>https://www.francescorizzuto.com/post/adriana-s-underwear-a-short-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6689282cf3e9af22445cee9d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2024 11:59:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/150fc8_9578ad5e854a47b1b31bff64d077f43d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_468,h_538,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Francesco Rizzuto</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Woman's Art]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fed up with your philandering hubby? 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Photo credit: Alex Iby on Unsplash T he Island of Sicily is a place where educated...]]></description><link>https://www.francescorizzuto.com/post/the-evil-eye-how-to-use-it</link><guid isPermaLink="false">665c5521412db7379f9404ca</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2024 15:36:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/150fc8_5711e0ae67314cc383b872d7568ef79c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_468,h_446,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Francesco Rizzuto</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SURREALISM AND TRUMP]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to Jorge Luis Borges, no one can know if the world is fantastic or real, or whether there is a difference between dreaming and...]]></description><link>https://www.francescorizzuto.com/post/surrealism-and-trump</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f4fb579ab81ad00179f759d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 15:25:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/150fc8_ca4796f2ea0844f58e1a9ecd7e4a2982~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_433,h_313,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Francesco Rizzuto</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[HAPPY ENDINGS]]></title><description><![CDATA[M y partner loves to point out that I’m a negative person, and she’s right. Most of the time. 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Trump will be remembered for something more than having come back from the dead, politically speaking. He will go down in Art...]]></description><link>https://www.francescorizzuto.com/post/trump-as-performance-artist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e8d8f704a57260017bc6611</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2020 09:19:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/150fc8_7a36533f71d546ccace5b9da7bf5eb5a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_618,h_362,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Francesco Rizzuto</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHOP SUEY]]></title><description><![CDATA[A cold front had suddenly blown in from Canada is what they were saying. 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