Thursday, July 16, 2026

Ask your library to buy THIS DARKNESS WILL NEVER END

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Did you know you could ask your public or university library to buy a book that you'd like to read? Yes! And that book could be This Da...
Saturday, July 04, 2026

Re-discovering New Haven for CNN Travel

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I got to visit New Haven on the company dime and I enjoyed every minute of it. Now you can, too -- here's my story . It's part of a ...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

“Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945”

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I write letters to the editor of The New York Times but only occasionally are they accepted. This one below was not but I remain fascinated...
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

“When You Listen to This Song: On Memory, Loss, and Writing” (Lola Lafon)

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I've reviewed a short nonfiction book for World Literature Today  called  When You Listen to This Song: On Memory, Loss, and Writing , b...
Monday, June 01, 2026

The 20th anniversary of my blog!

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Two decades ago, I sought a method to log the ways Italy had seduced me, and the activities I pursued so that the language of Dante would re...
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Thursday, May 14, 2026

Memories of the House of the Dead (Luciana Nissim Momogliano)

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File under: What I'm reading I read a very short book on the train to NYC in February by a woman who was deported with Primo Levi: Lucia...
Friday, May 08, 2026

The Four Seasons Hotel in Florence

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The boy whose Fiorentina soccer team shirt reads 'Nato Perfetto' ("born perfect") gets around.  This is a photo of Leo, ag...
Saturday, April 25, 2026

What I bought at I AM Books in Boston (2026)

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Last year, I gave a talk  about my translation, This Darkness Will Never End , at the Italian bookstore in Boston. It was wonderful to spea...
Tuesday, April 07, 2026

Book giveaway -- my translation turns one!

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UPDATED --  (see below): To celebrate the one-year anniversary of my translation,  This Darkness Will Never End , I'd like to give away ...
Thursday, April 02, 2026

'This Darkness Will Never End' turns one!

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Once upon a time, I'd never heard of the phrase "book birthday." And now my translation, This Darkness Will Never End , is tur...