She realised that she was a girl when she was four. When the
Shameful image her parents had of her translated and
Diffused into her own body and poisoned everything. When she
Became a contrast, to be hidden and yet showcased, abused to the core
And then thrown away. When she first felt a long-term hunger and lack;
That her survival would never be a necessity for those who created her in the first place.
She is a ghost with a heartbeat when she drags her body through dysfunctional
Streets. Her life has not yet begun and already she carries the weight of her
Society’s unstable mind-set. She is forced to think of herself what her abusers
Think of her. Expendable. A girl. Useless. An object for cheap desires. A vessel to be made
Sick. They all hope for her death because she costs nothing and is a financial burden;
What she earns she must give away, her body remains as others throw it away and treat
Her like trash. The only hope she had was that her mother might be able to relate to her.
But she realised that it was too late: there was a man’s soul in her mother’s body.
“The Birds Nest” by Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823-1903)
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My name is Laura Gentile. I’m of German-Italian descent and I speak five languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Luxembourgish and I’m currently learning Romanian.
I hold a Master of Arts Degree in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Dissertation: The Decadent in Love with his Psychopomp: Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' and Adrian Lyne's 'Lolita') and a Master of Letters by Research in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Thesis: Romanticising Decadence and Aestheticising Death: Women as Projection Bodies and Mimetic Identities in Zola’s 'Thérèse Raquin', Schnitzler’s 'Dream Story', Süskind’s 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer' and Eugenides’ 'The Virgin Suicides').
My poetry and short stories have been published in two anthologies entitled 'Shaking Thoughts' and 'Until Forever Becomes The End', both edited by Joan Barbara Simon PhD PhD, leading to a prose and poetry recital called 'Silence Breakers' at the Libreria Altrimenti in Luxembourg.
My article on 'Biblical Imagery and Apocalyptic Visions in Films' written for the university course 'Film And Popular Culture' was published in a Luxembourgish film magazine named 'Graffiti'.
My work was chosen as obligatory reading for the academic course 'Creative Writing' at the University of Luxembourg and was the focus of the students’ exam portfolio. I was invited by the University of Luxembourg to do a workshop on my short story 'Prophets of the Streetlight' for the 'Creative Writing' course, including a reading and a Q&A.
In 2013, I published my own collection of short stories and poetry entitled 'Seraphic Addiction', which led to an invitation by Ara City Radio to do an interview and a reading on air.
Consequently I was encouraged to create my own radio show called 'Chasse-Sirène' surrounding literature, films, music and art.
Furthermore, I am the official German translator of Joan Barbara Simon’s 'Verses Nature' trilogy.
My debut novel, 'Within Paravent Walls', will be published by WiDo Publishing / E. L. Marker.
I am the creator of "Croque-Melpomene: Femalecentric Poetry" and I have a YouTube channel carrying the same name.
I am a weekly blogger for RTL Today, a major European media platform.
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