Tuesday, October 21, 2025

What I’m reading: 'John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs'

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What I’m reading: John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs It’s been a while since I have devoured a book the way I am reading this book. ...
Saturday, October 18, 2025

The coolest thing: praise for “The Quiet Exhilaration of Learning Italian”

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An academic in Italy read the essay I wrote for The Millions about learning to speak Italian and reposted it to LinkedIn with the most amaz...
Thursday, October 09, 2025

My favorite photo of Florence?

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I took this photo one morning over the summer as I walked the streets of "my city." Firenze. Florence. The City of Dante. Also: T...
Thursday, October 02, 2025

'The age I lost everyone and everything' (my lecture at Otterbein)

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Thanks to the amazing English department at Otterbein University in Ohio, I'll be giving a talk about my translation  on Thursday. The ...
Friday, September 05, 2025

What I never say (Liz)

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I was thinking recently about my Edith Bruck translation and all of the public readings I’d completed when suddenly I realized I'd only ...
Thursday, September 04, 2025

Liz Bonner, Feb. 16, 1969 - Sept. 6, 2023

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Eulogy for Liz . Sept. 9, 2023. I’d like to first of all thank you for coming – by coming, you tell me that you cared about Liz, and I’d lik...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

Edith Bruck is alive and well!

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During our trip to Italy , I was lucky to see many friends I'd known in Florence, but perhaps the most important meeting took place near...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

Memento shrine (Italy) 2025

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Christmas morning for me, if somehow instead of Santa Claus coming down the chimney it was Babbo Natale . My memento shrine, the haul from t...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Tiny moments of exquisite beauty in Italy

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The apartment in Florence where we stayed this month during our trip to Italy had a top-floor terrace that stares directly at the Torre di ...
Monday, August 11, 2025

Taking the pulse of Firenze -- and my own

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Dante considered Florence a den of snakes, and I can see why, but he also lamented his exile from this bejeweled city and I can absolutely ...