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 ...
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...
Monday, May 19, 2025

Newtonville Books is book heaven

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I had the honor of reading at Newtonville Books in the Boston area yesterday and I am slightly mad at the words I am writing because they s...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

What literary translation taught me about World War II

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During a 2018 trip to Italy, I found myself face to face with history. I was meeting with a woman who had once come before the notorious Na...
Saturday, May 03, 2025

The National Endowment for the Arts enriches our lives

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I know firsthand how important the National Endowment for the Arts is because the agency awarded me a grant that covered a large percentage...
Friday, May 02, 2025

Happy birthday to Edith Bruck: 'My Author'

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May 3 is Edith Bruck's birthday . Edith, or "my author." That's how I refer to her, more often than not. And I am here to ...
Saturday, April 26, 2025

Jewish Book Council on This Darkness Will Never End

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I'm thrilled to say the influential and authoritative Jewish Book Council has published a review of This Darkness Will Never End , and ...
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Ciambellina reads at Boston's Italian bookstore

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Tonight! I'll be reading at I AM Books in Boston. That's Beantown's Italian bookstore! A place I've long wanted to visit (an...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

A translation is born -- publication day is here!

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Today is the day! My first book - length translation is officially published. This Darkness Will Never End , my translation of Edith Bruck...
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...
Friday, April 04, 2025

Jeanne on a podcast talking about writing

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I'm embarrassed to say I forgot about this! But the kind folks at the Personal Element Podcast featured my New York Times' essay a...
Saturday, March 15, 2025

Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor, dies at 113 (CNN)

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My first published obituary for CNN -- and I'm proud to say it is one I pitched, and one I knew we had to have. Rose Girone survived bo...