Friday, June 20, 2025

Mariateresa Di Lascia is on my mind with Strega season underway!

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The Italian literary sphere is in the throes of choosing the best book of the year and that has me thinking of an unusual  author (and parli...
Monday, June 16, 2025

'This Darkness Will Never End' reading guide for book clubs

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I've written a reading guide for This Darkness Will Never End  that I've posted to my professional website and which I'm also pa...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Invite me on your podcast to talk about This Darkness Will Never End

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OK, now my mini book tour is over and I probably won't do any more readings until the Fall, but I always have time to talk about Edith B...
Saturday, June 07, 2025

Scenes from a mini-book tour -- THIS DARKNESS WILL NEVER END

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I arranged a small book tour to support the publication of my translation, This Darkness Will Never End , but secretly it was a friends-and-...
Tuesday, June 03, 2025

My Alma Mater Is Auschwitz

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During events to present my translation, I decided to read a speech by Edith Bruck that I translated for World Literature Today . It's c...
Friday, May 30, 2025

Centro Primo Levi review of THIS DARKNESS WILL NEVER END

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Printed Matter , a publication of the Centro Primo Levi , reviewed This Darkness Will Never End , and the reviewer made some wonderful obser...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

What women survivors can still teach us about the Holocaust

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Edith Bruck says living with the memory of the Holocaust is akin to being eternally pregnant with a “demon-child conceived in Auschwitz.” A...
Saturday, May 24, 2025

Foreword review of THIS DARKNESS WILL NEVER END: 'Masterful'

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Thanks to the Foreword Reviews for publishing a wonderful review of This Darkness Will Never End . The reviewer calls the collection "...
Thursday, May 22, 2025

May 28: Italian Cultural Institute (NYC) book launch for This Darkness Will Never End

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I'm thrilled to say I'll be presenting my translation of Edith Bruck's short stories, This Darkness Will Never End , at the Ital...
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

What I bought at I AM Books (Boston)

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I don't get to visit Italian bookstores often because well, I live in America and there aren't many Italian bookstores here (more Fr...