Showing posts with label Best of Italy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Best of Italy. Show all posts
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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Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Giardino Bardini in Florence is delightful

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You can thank my friend, Laurie, that this photo I took in one of the most beautiful places in Florence has finally made it onto the blog. I...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Edith Bruck & International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan. 27)

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Unfortunately, I won’t make it to NYC today where outside of the Italian Consulate the names of all of the Italian victims of the Nazis will...
Thursday, January 08, 2026

To the ends of the word...: The Bishop's Bedroom by Piero Chiara

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I am not the only one who enjoyed The Bishop's Bedroom ! Happy to share this link to a review of the work by Piero Chiara, which was tr...
Sunday, December 28, 2025

For CNN Travel: why can't America have more piazzas?

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Piazza Navona. Piazza Santo Spirito. Campo dei Fiori. Piazza Duomo (Milan). Just some of the piazzas I love.  And since I now work as a con...
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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UPDATED -- SEE VIDEO LINK BELOW Thanks to the amazing English department at Otterbein University in Ohio, I'll be giving a talk about ...
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 ...
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...
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...
Saturday, April 05, 2025

Come to a reading of 'This Darkness Will Never End'!

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(UPDATED) As the official publication date (Apr. 22) of my translation approaches, I bring news of several readings I'll be doing in th...
Monday, December 30, 2024

All I Want for Christmas is Guglielmo Coffee

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Even at my advanced age, I find a lot of gifts under the tree. But the one I want most is a mega shipment of Guglielmo coffee! The American...
Monday, October 28, 2024

Everything you want to know about Italian lit

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I took part in a blog project called Italian Lit Month that's coincided with the big, annual book fair in Frankfurt, where Italy is the...
Monday, April 15, 2024

Jeanne reads poems by Edith Bruck in translation

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These are poems from  Versi Vissuti , which combines three of Edith's poetry collections. I  read them  for the translation reading s...
Thursday, March 07, 2024

An Oscar-winning film, seen on a whim, changed my life

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I don’t pay much attention to the Oscars ceremony, which will air on Sunday. Most years, I don’t see a single movie that’s been nominated....
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Wednesday, January 03, 2024

Happy heavenly birthday, Mariateresa Di Lascia!

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Today is the birthday of Italian author and parliamentarian Mariateresa Di Lascia -- she would have been 69. She died in 1994 after writing...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

What I read in 2023 & what I plan to read in 2024

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(UPDATED) I had a special mission this year to immerse myself in Holocaust narrative so I could find a publisher for the short stories I a...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

How Italy Ruined My Life (sort of -- for The Millions)

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The way Italian plunges me into an intoxication of sound and thought is something I've wanted to write about for a long time. The way t...
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Monday, July 10, 2023

Guide for your trip to Florence -- buonviaggio!

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When my aunt and uncle embarked on a trip to Florence last year (after an absence of 40 years!), I realized I have slightly skimped on trave...