Sunday, October 30, 2016

Aubade by Phillip Larkin

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Here's what my "English 101" students at Clayton State University will be reading this week: Aubade Related Poem Content ...
Monday, October 24, 2016

Going to Italy? Here's your Italian trip itinerary

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Once a year, at least, someone hits me up for recommendations in Italy. And it makes sense. I live and breathe Italy! Even after all of t...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

From the archives: "Do polar bears fly?"

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In  light of the kind reception to my New York Times essay about recording audio snippets of Leo, I'm re-posting excerpts from wh...
Saturday, October 01, 2016

Where you can find Jeanne's writing

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I'm not always sure who visits my blog and for what purpose but in light of the wonderful well wishes I received for my New York Times...

Recording Leo for The New York Times

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Every word in the title of this post fills me with joy. Recording -- yay! Leo -- yay! For, the, wait for it... New York Times?! Yes, y...
Friday, September 23, 2016

So Glad They Told Me -- My essay's in it!

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I'm really excited to have a piece included in a new collection of essays published by the HerStories Project Press. It's called...
Friday, September 16, 2016

Leo flipping through an Italian dictionary

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A moment that had to be captured! Leo looking at an Italian dictionary I had left out in our kitchen to help me with a translation I am ...
Thursday, September 15, 2016

Tonight in Atlanta! "MIA MADRE" - A film by Nanni Moretti

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I don't go to the movies often -- I certainly don't go see Italian films often -- peccato ! But tonight I'm going to see Nanni...
Monday, September 12, 2016

Pianos for Peace -- Atlanta edition

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Pianos for Peace -- I don't know who you are, I don't know where you're based and I don't need to know. I only know Leo a...

Reading poetry on the porch

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Diary entry for Aug 7, 2016 Forgotten moments of pure joy: We arrive home one afternoon, Leo and I, to find a plastic bag twisted aroun...
Sunday, September 04, 2016

It feels a bit like grief (poem - “Summer’s Wake”)

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It feels a bit like grief The first warnings of fall The sudden chill in the morning air when until yesterday, There was nothing bu...
Saturday, August 20, 2016

Omran Daqueesh -- my little reminder

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I’ve saved the front page of The New York Times from yesterday where there’s a photo of a Syrian boy whose silent, dust-covered face has c...
Saturday, August 13, 2016

"My other question is: do polar bears fly?"

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I've been publishing excerpts here on the blog of my   "Bits" journal , to borrow the expression, again, from poet and FSU ...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

A review of Mingarelli's "A Meal in Winter"

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I've begun reviewing books and of course I have a special desire to review fiction in translation . In this case, the book in question...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

Women in Translation? Here's your book list!

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August is Women in Translation Month; a month when, if you felt so inclined, you could curl up with a wonderful book by a foreign author...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Review -- "Only in Naples"

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I don't think I have ever reviewed a book on my blog. But I've done quite a few things in the last four years that I have never do...
Wednesday, July 06, 2016

Montreal Journal

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As I'm about to publish this excerpt of my  Montreal  journal, I realize I've included almost nothing about where we walked or w...