Paolo Giordano’s “Tasmania”
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At Rizzoli Bookstore (1133 Broadway, at 26th Street)
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Year: 2021
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Parole Parole: “Tombola”
Today’s word is TOMBOLA, the traditional Christmas Italian bingo.
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Parole Parole: “Focaccia”
Today’s word is FOCACCIA, the typical Italian flat-bread.
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Parole Parole: “Spicciare”
Today’s word is SPICCIARE, Italian for getting things done, or for hurrying up.
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Parole Parole: “Ceffo”
Today’s word is CEFFO, Italian for mug.
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Parole Parole: “Racconto”
Today’s word is RACCONTO, Italian for story or tale.
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Parole Parole: “Bischero”
Today’s word is BISCHERO, Italian for tuning peg, Tuscan for stupid.
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Parole Parole: “Pagliaccio”
Today’s word is PAGLIACCIO, Italian for clown.
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Parole Parole: “Tremendo”
Today’s word is TREMENDO, Italian for terrible, or horrific, and not – as one would imagine – tremendous.
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Parole Parole: “Omertà”
Today’s word is OMERTÀ, the code of silence enacted by a community in the face of organized crime.
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Parole Parole: “Polpettone”
Today’s word is POLPETTONE, which literally means “meatloaf,” but is also used figuratively.
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Parole Parole: “Paraculo”
Today’s word is PARACULO, applied to those who cleverly look out for themselves.
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Parole Parole: “Schizzo”
Today’s word is SCHIZZO, Italian for sketch, splash, and other meanings.
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Inferno 29: On Contagion
Eleonora Stoppino (University of Illinois) in conversation with Alice Balestrino (University of Illinois)
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Paradiso 11: The Untold Riches of Love
Paola Nasti (Northwestern University) in conversation with Nicolò Maldina (The University of Edinburgh)
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Parole Parole: “Zonzo”
Today’s word is ZONZO, Italian for wandering or roaming.
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Purgatorio 8: Community and Exclusion in the Valley of the Negligent Rulers
Claudia Rossignoli (University of St. Andrews) in conversation with Daragh O’Connell (University College Cork)
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Inferno 9: Styx and Stones. In Honor of Mark Musa
Glenn Steinberg (The College of New Jersey) in conversation with Carolyn Scott (National Cheng Kung University)
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Paradiso 8: Only the Good Die Young
Beatrice Arduini (University of Washington, Seattle) in conversation with Paolo Borsa (Université de Fribourg)
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Purgatorio 17: Dante Craftsman: Poet of Justice
Adoyo (Georgetown University) in conversation with Dennis Looney (Modern Language Association)
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Inferno 6: Gluttony, Food, and the Body Politic
Danielle Callegari (Dartmouth College) in conversation with Anna Wainwright (University of New Hampshire)
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Parole Parole: “Scena”
Today’s word is SCENA, the Italian word for scene.
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Paradiso 9: Make Love, Make War, and Sing About It
Alberto Gelmi (The Graduate Center, CUNY) in conversation with Filippo Fabbricatore (The Graduate Center, CUNY)
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Purgatorio 32: The Allegory of Political and Spiritual Change in Eden
Alessandro Vettori (Rutgers University) in conversation with Isabella Magni (Rutgers University)
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Inferno 21: Comedy, Carnival, and Conduct in the Malebolge
Mary Watt (University of Florida) in conversation with Maggie Fritz-Morkin (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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Paradiso 3: Seeing Clearly: Liquid Smiles and Gendered Sorrow
Claudia Rossignoli (University of St. Andrews) in conversation with Nora Stoppino (University of Illinois)
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Purgatorio 33: A Prophecy of Completion: new endings, new beginnings
Rodney Lokaj (Università degli Studi di Enna “Kore”) in conversation with George Ferzoco (University of Bristol)
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Inferno 8: Mad as Hell
Michael Sherberg (Washington University in St. Louis) in conversation with Suzanne Magnanini (University of Colorado)
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Parole Parole: “Birichino”
Today’s word is BIRICHINO, Italian for a little rascal.
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Paradiso 27: When St. Peter Storms, Lightning Strikes
Nicolino Applauso (Loyola University) in conversation with Maggie Fritz-Morkin (University of North Carolina)
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Purgatorio 31: Answer Me! Interrogation and Confession
Mary Jo Bang (poet) in conversation with Regina Psaki (University of Oregon)
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Parole Parole: “Bofonchiare”
Today’s word is BOFONCHIARE, Italian for mumbling and complaining.
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Inferno 23: Voice, Velocity, and the Pursuit of Gappiness
J. C. Wiles (University of Cambridge) in conversation with Robin Kirkpatrick (University of Cambridge)
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Paradiso 07: Beatrice on the Incarnation: Making the Impossible Possible
Joseph Romano (Columbia University) in conversation with Christopher Cullen (Fordham University)
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Parole Parole: “Minestra”
Today’s word is MINESTRA, Italian for soup.
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Purgatorio 22: Statius and the Role of Poetry
Daniela Boccassini (The University of British Columbia) in conversation with Valerio Cappozzo (The University of Mississippi)
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Inferno 11: Ordered Beauty of Hell
Catherine Adoyo (George Washington University) in conversation with Akash Kumar (Indiana University)
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Parole Parole: “Pasticcio”
Today’s word is PASTICCIO and other derivations of the word.
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Paradiso 18: Scripture as Theophany and Virtual Reality
William Franke (Vanderbilt University) in conversation with Jacob Abell (Vanderbilt University)
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Purgatorio 14: Envy and Nostalgia in the Romagna
Nicolino Applauso (Loyola University) in conversation with Inga Pierson (NYU / Stanford Alumna)
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Parole Parole: “Monello”
Today’s word is MONELLO, Italian for a brat, someone who is naughty.
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Inferno 4: Living Library of Limbo
Eugenio Refini (NYU) in conversation with Catherine Adoyo (George Washington University)
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Paradiso 32: The Rose Unfolds
Rookshar Myram (University of Catania) in conversation with Laura Ingallinella (Wellesley College)
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Parole Parole: “Pogo”
Today’s word is POGO, Italian for a mosh pit.
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Purgatorio 23: Revisiting Dante’s Youth: A Literary and Historical Biography
Alyssa Granacki (Duke University) in conversation with Laura Banella (University of Oxford)
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Inferno 14: Against Us at the Threshold of the Gate
Joseph Nicolello (Fordham University) in conversation with Rafa Torre de Silva (NYU)
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Paradiso 21: Saturn and Leo
Alessandra Borgia (Mechnikov University) in conversation with Anastasia Sidorchuk (Mechnikov University)
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Purgatorio 25: Dante ‘Illuminated’ : The Challenge of Purgatorio 25
Melissa Conway (UCLA) in conversation with Tom Parisi (Saint Mary’s College)
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Inferno 28: Scandalous Words, Split Bodies
Andrea Celli (University of Connecticut) in conversation with Akash Kumar (Indiana University)
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