God Bless America! 🇺🇸 – 2026
If you’re reading this from the United States, this post is for you, now part of an ever growing audience of more than 15,000 American viewers.
Over the past year, a significant share of readers of this blog has come from across the US—from Virginia and New York to California and beyond. Rather than simply marking that milestone, this page is designed as a starting point: a curated gateway to the articles that American readers tend to engage with most—across literature, art, and travel.
If your interests lean toward American literature, you’ll find translations, commentary, and thematic explorations inspired by writers such as Walt Whitman and Edgar Allan Poe. If you are drawn to European art, you can explore critical perspectives on Impressionism and its legacy, including connections to major US museum collections. And if your curiosity is more geographical, there are travel essays written with an international reader in mind—offering an Italian perspective on places, culture, and historical continuity.
To make navigation easier, this post brings together a selection of the most relevant content for readers based in the United States. Whether you are here for poetry, visual art, or cultural reflection, you can use this page as a guide to explore the blog more efficiently.
If you are new, you may want to begin with the “American heritage” section. And if you find something of interest, consider subscribing to receive future posts—this project continues to grow, in no small part thanks to its readership in the United States.
Thank you for being part of it.
For me, this is a great achievement, especially since I started publishing in English from the very beginning on my blog but I have not featured specifically topics about the Western Hemisphere. I have not been able to achieve such extensive coverage in other English-speaking countries such as the United Kingdom or Canada, while the US audience counts for more than 30% of the global views.. I take these audience statistics from the Flag Counter web application, which provides automated information about website visitors and their region of origin.
The United States of America have a diverse population of over 331 million people. The racial composition includes about 60% White, 18% Hispanic or Latino, 13% Black or African American, 6% Asian, and 3% identifying as two or more races. The median age is around 38 years. English is the primary language, though Spanish is widely spoken. Major urban centers include New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. The country is predominantly Christian (about 65%), with growing numbers of people identifying as unaffiliated with any religion. The U.S. boasts a varied economic landscape, with significant wealth disparities across different demographics.
Virginia is one of the most historically significant states in the United States, with a population of approximately 8.7 million residents. The state exhibits considerable demographic diversity: around 61% of its population identifies as white, approximately 20% as Black or African American, 10% as Hispanic or Latino, and 7% as Asian. Northern Virginia, part of the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area, is among the most ethnically diverse regions in the nation, home to large immigrant communities from Latin America, South Asia, and East Asia. The state’s median household income ranks among the highest in the country, driven largely by its proximity to the federal government and a robust technology sector.
Virginia has produced or inspired some of America’s most towering cultural figures. In literature, Edgar Allan Poe — raised in Richmond and deeply associated with the state — became the founding father of the American Gothic and detective fiction. In classical music, James Reese Europe, born in Mobile but raised in Virginia, revolutionised American music by bringing ragtime and early jazz to international audiences. In the visual arts, Cy Twombly, born in Lexington, Virginia, emerged as one of the twentieth century’s most influential abstract painters, celebrated for his gestural, mythologically resonant canvases.
Thomas Jefferson, Virginian polymath and third President, transcends all three fields — architect, writer, and passionate advocate for the arts — embodying the state’s enduring cultural ambition.
California is the most populous state in the United States, with over 39 million residents, making it a demographic phenomenon unmatched anywhere in the nation. The state is a true majority-minority environment: Hispanic and Latino Californians constitute approximately 40% of the population, white residents around 35%, Asian Californians roughly 15%, and Black or African American residents around 5%. This extraordinary ethnic mosaic is reflected in the state’s languages — over 200 are spoken across its communities — and in the richness of its cultural output. The greater Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas function as global hubs of innovation, entertainment, and intellectual life, attracting talent from every corner of the world.
California has nurtured or drawn some of America’s most distinctive cultural voices. In literature, John Steinbeck, born in Salinas, gave the world an unflinching portrait of Californian working-class life in works of enduring moral force. In classical music, John Adams, long associated with San Francisco, became the defining voice of American minimalism and post-minimalism, with operas and orchestral works of international stature. In the visual arts, David Hockney, though British-born, made Los Angeles profoundly his own, immortalising its light, pools, and landscapes in paintings of luminous originality.
Illinois is the sixth most populous state in the United States, with approximately 12.6 million residents. The state’s demographic profile is shaped overwhelmingly by the gravitational pull of Chicago, one of the great metropolitan centres of the world. Statewide, white residents constitute around 60% of the population, Black or African American residents approximately 14%, Hispanic and Latino residents around 17%, and Asian residents roughly 6%. Chicago itself is considerably more diverse, with vibrant African American, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Polish, and Chinese communities that have each left indelible marks on the city’s cultural identity. Illinois also encompasses vast rural stretches of the Midwest, whose predominantly white, agricultural communities contrast sharply with the cosmopolitan dynamism of the north.
Illinois has produced or harboured figures of towering cultural importance. In literature, Ernest Hemingway, born in Oak Park, forged a prose style of revolutionary economy and masculine intensity that reshaped world fiction. In classical music, Theodore Thomas, who made Chicago his adoptive city, founded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and established the institutional foundations of American orchestral life. In the visual arts, Georgia O’Keeffe, born in Wisconsin but decisively shaped by her studies in Chicago, went on to become the mother of American modernism, her work an enduring synthesis of abstraction and natural form.
Most popular blog posts in English for the past 12 months
Over time I have tried to cover most of the topics on which I write in English and below there is a list with links to the most popular articles about American culture under the six main topics I cover in my blog. I hope you find these links useful
- Translated literature
- Visual Art
- Music
- My favourite composers
- George Gershwin
- Philip Glass
- Aaron Copland
- Musical periods
- Music venues & Concert Halls
- Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari
- Teatro San Carlo, Naples
- Teatro Verdi Trieste
- Wigmore Hall
- Concert venues in London
- My favourite composers
- Travel
- Postcards from Europe
- Postcards from Amsterdam
- Postcards from Barcelona >> 1️⃣
- Postcards from Tallinn
- Postcards from Vienna
- Postcards from the British Isles
- Postcards from Italy
- Postcards from Europe
- Good food
- Photography
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