Tuesday, June 29, 2021

The way to go

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I'm only at the dentist a few minutes last February when the dental hygienist asks me if I do any winter sports. I tell her that Leo an...
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Saturday, June 26, 2021

Who loves fish the most? (from the Leo Journal)

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Looking at one of the mammoth fish tanks at Butterfly, the Chinese restaurant on Farmington, Leo says, “Let’s count by hearts who loves fish...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021

A love letter to libraries masquerading as a news story (CNN)

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Did you know librarians have worked as contact tracers during the pandemic? Me, neither. It's one of many wonderful things that libraria...
Sunday, June 13, 2021

Stealing Memories (for the Boston Globe)

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I've been writing in my journal (and on the blog) a lot about my parents, and their declining health, and what we've lost by losing ...
Tuesday, June 08, 2021

How I write regularly (Jeanne's tips)

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I share with my writing students at Wesleyan a list of tips for those who want to write more often -- to keep writing as a regular practice...
Monday, May 31, 2021

Lo dico al Corriere: Basta con gli anglicismi

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Ecco la lettera che ho scritto a Aldo Cazzullo al Corriere della Sera , con lo scopo di far ricordare che l'Italiano fa parte del patrim...
Monday, May 24, 2021

What I've feared most about post-pandemic life

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I haven't feared returning to 'normal life.' I've feared  not being able to return to normal life.  I fear that I will rece...
Tuesday, May 18, 2021

'The Last Speakers' and the other yesterday

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I've just read the most fascinating book about the scores of indigenous languages that are disappearing around the globe. I've read ...
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Saturday, May 15, 2021

He asks Twitter's best questions (for CNN)

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What opening lyric of a song gives you the chills? What celebrity death hit you the hardest?  What's something extremely strange you bel...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

To blog or not to blog (for Brevity)

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I wrote a piece about whether writers should maintain a personal blog for the Brevity Nonfiction Blog, but I will confess I only know that I...
Thursday, May 06, 2021

Postcard from the vaccine dispensary

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I won't give you an image that you can print but rather one you can perhaps feel: when I arrived at my vaccine appointment yesterday, I ...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Edith Bruck: "La lingua è la mia patria"

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Edith Bruck has published a new memoir called Il pane perduto , and the 88-year-old survivor of Auschwitz is promoting the book through a se...
Monday, April 26, 2021

Italian language lab: "Negazionista"

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I am still learning Italian, after all of these years, because modern life continues to unfold and words are coined or emerge more prominent...
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Monday, April 19, 2021

Binge-listening to Ocean Vuong interviews

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I've been interested in the work of Ocean Vuong since I moved near his childhood hometown of Hartford, Conn., a few years ago. But I...
Friday, April 16, 2021

"Cosa succede se ami i libri più di ogni cosa al mondo?"

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I don't do this very often -- and by this, I mean write in Italian on this blog (I used to). I also mean: blog about other blogs on my b...
Thursday, April 08, 2021

"Love, Leo and Caramel"

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I’ve asked Leo to write birthday cards this year to my mother and to Liz, and I noticed that he signs them now, “Love, Leo and Caramel.”  (E...
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Monday, April 05, 2021

Question about the radio in your brain

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March 24, 2021 Do you cue up the song on your computer or stereo and threaten to permanently dislodge it from your head? Or do you lean in...
Saturday, April 03, 2021

The Great Gatsby -- in Italian!

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I tell myself I should read English and American classics in Italian just for fun, yet I rarely do. I tend to want to read the works written...
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

For Dantedi & always

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🌿📕 #LeparolediDante #CruscaScuola (terza lezione) Giovanna Frosini, accademica della Crusca Parlare di Dante agli studenti: l'esempi...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Pandemic journal, one year later

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March 16, 2020 I have asked my students to keep a Coronavirus Journal , and so I will, too. We are all shell-shocked by the turn our liv...
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