Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition curated by Paola Nicolin at XNL Piacenza, Michele Lombardelli: Piacenza - Los Angeles offers a literary bridge between these two very different cities through the art and poetry publications edited by Lombardelli between 1991 and 2008. Over the years, Lombardelli's work has facilitated artistic encounters with some of the most brilliant personalities from Emilia, such as William Xerra, Carlo Berte, Mauro Sargiani, Emilio Villa, and Aldo Tagliaferri, as well as with great US poets and artists like Robert Crosson, John Baldessari, Martha Ronk, Dennis Phillips, and Guy Bennett. This network of exchanges and friendships forms the basis of the volume, in which Lombardelli, together with his friend, the poet Paul Vangelisti, skillfully intertwine poetry, visual arts, music, and literature.