Elisabetta La Cava is a double immigrant born in Italy and raised in Venezuela who became a Texan some years ago. She received her MFA from Bennington Writing Seminars. Her work has appeared in Cleaver Magazine, Another Chicago Magazine, Stone Canoe, The Pointed Circle, Hispanic Culture Review, Texas Poetry Calendar, and others. She lives in Austin. “Not Your Cinema Paradiso” is an excerpt from a longer work in progress. You can find her online at www.elisabettalacava.com.