Dive Into Our Web Magazine, a Beacon of Unity, Exploring Topics
That Touch Every Corner of Our Lives
Dive Into Our Web Magazine, a Beacon of Unity, Exploring Topics
That Touch Every Corner of Our Lives
I Come from the World seeks to inspire, inform, and connect people around the world through truth- and story-telling. Our hope is to build an international community that is a safe space to gather on topics that touch us all, from the sustenance of our daily lives to the global issues that impact humanity.
We intend to publish both ongoing contributions and an issue-based literary journal twice a year, with the focus of our web magazine on building community and the focus of our literary journal on digging deeper into our individual and collective truths. Along the way, we want to hear and share the joy of our daily lives – laughter, food, music, nature, and children – the guiding lights that pull us forward regardless of our personal circumstances.
See our Submission Guidelines for more details, and thank you in advance for your curiosity and engagement!
Not all that long ago, my husband Frank was driving us over the Q Bridge when local news radio hit a nerve. East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. was being inundated by taco deliveries in response to an insensitive comment he made about his Latino constituents. The issue on the table was racial profiling, and call-ins on both sides of immigration were going at it.
Frank got irritated and barked at the radio, “Who cares where you come from? I come from the world; that’s where I come from!”
Lisa Calderone & Frank Perrelli, Jr. come from around the world, currently living along the Connecticut shoreline. Lisa received her MFA in Creative Writing from Fairfield University in 2011 and is the founding editor of the program’s first literary journal, Mason’s Road, which ran from 2010-2015. Frank has been enjoying a hands-on connection with the Earth as a landscaper for over 20 years. You can reach Lisa & Frank at icomefromtheworldjournal@gmail.com
Founding Editor
Lisa Calderone is the founder of The Entrepreneurial Parent (1998-2002) and the author of two books on working at home with children. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from Fairfield University in 2010 and is the founding editor of Mason’s Road, the program’s first literary journal. She has worked at various academic institutions since 2002 in the areas of content strategy and development communications.
Photography Editor
Frank Perrelli, Jr is a hobbyist photographer who is drawn to color and candor. A former printing press operator, he has been connecting daily with nature as the owner of a landscaping company along the Connecticut shoreline for more than 20 years.