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On Interpretation

I am currently rereading Interpreter of Maladies, the Pulitzer-winning short story collection by Jhumpa Lahiri, a book I first read after I had just moved to Italy. The last lines of the final story had a deep impact on me even then and whe...

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The Book Lover's Guide to Venice

Whenever I go to Venice I always bring two books. One is a guidebook—usually the Corto Sconto: Itinerari Fantastici e Nascosti di Corto Maltese a Venezia or the delightful Venice for Pleasure by J.G. Links—for use when I am in the city.

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Fire Signs

Read the Divine Comedy with me at the British Institute of Florence starting next Tuesday, April 28th—live in the Library and on Zoom. All information and registration here. I can promise you that Dante is just what is needed now (he...
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War Cupboard

A few weeks ago, the inimitable Jeanette Winterson wrote a post called “When in difficulty read a book”. It began with a memory of what her mother called the “war cupboard”—a kitchen cabinet where she stockpiled tins of food and powdered mi...

2 months ago
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Beatrice, Veronica and Sarra

Please join me at 7pm (Italy time) today, March 22nd, for an online lecture about three brilliantly creative women of early-modern Italy. All registration and donation information is available here. To whet your appetite, I have written a...

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