Paolo Giordano’s “Tasmania”
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At Rizzoli Bookstore (1133 Broadway, at 26th Street)
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Year: 2021
- Parole Parole
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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Paradiso 5: To Make a Deal with God: Vows and Free Will in Paradiso
Emily Olsen (Dante Society of America) in conversation with Erick Spahr (University of Oxford)
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Parole Parole: “Furfante”
Today’s word is FURFANTE, Italian for a petty thief.
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Purgatorio 6: Hometown Blues
Alison Cornish (NYU) in conversation with Stefano Albertini (NYU)
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Parole Parole: “Sciocco”
Today’s word is SCIOCCO, Italian for silly (but also used to mean “saltless.”)
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Inferno 25: Ophidiophobia
Eva Del Soldato (University of Pennsylvania) in conversation with Marco Aresu (Wesleyan University)
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Paradiso 12: Metaphor Lasagna
Ellie Emslie Stevens (Pepperdine University) in conversation with Ruth Stevens (Literary Enthusiast!)
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Parole Parole: “Solfeggio”
Today’s word is SOLFEGGIO.
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Purgatorio 10: Picture This
Nancy Vickers (Bryn Mawr College) in conversation with Kenneth Clarke (University of York)
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Inferno 22: ‘New Sport’: Humor, Humanity and the ‘Savage Company’
Francesco Di Giandomenico (Università degli Studi dell’Aquila) in conversation with Luca Serianni
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Parole Parole: “Zerbino”
Today’s word is ZERBINO, Italian for doormat.
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Paradiso 15: Of Fathers and Sons
Jelena Todorović (University of Wisconsin-Madison) in conversation with Ernesto Livorni (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
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Purgatorio 11: The Laughing Page: Humor, Humility, and Mediation
Brenda Schildgen (University of California, Davis) in conversation with Kristin Nelson (University of Michigan)
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Parole Parole: “Bizza”
Today’s word is BIZZA, Italian for a tantrum.
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Inferno 32: Frozen Hearts, Cold Actions
Martina Franzini (Boston College) in conversation with Giulia Wilkins (Boston College)
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Paradiso 14: Paradise Central
Ron Herzman (SUNY Geneseo) in conversation with Hannah Schmidt (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
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Parole Parole: “Formicolìo”
Today’s word is FORMICOLIO, Italian for a “swarm” or a “tingling sensation.”
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Purgatorio 12: What a Piece of Work Is Man!
Kristin Nelson (University of Michigan) in conversation with Alison Cornish (NYU)
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Inferno 33: Where Fraud and Hatred Come to Dine
Ron Herzman (SUNY Geneseo) in conversation with Wes Kennison (SUNY Geneseo)
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Parole Parole: “Ottimo”
Today’s word is OTTIMO, Italian for “great,” or “optimal.”
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Paradiso 1: Going Beyond
Patrick Boyde (University of Cambridge) in conversation with John Bruce-Jones (StantonMarris)
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Purgatorio 18: The Heart of the Matter
Hannah Schmidt in conversation with Adam Camiolo
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Parole Parole: “Tamarro”
Today’s word is TAMARRO, Italian for something or someone with very bad taste or vulgar.
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Inferno 24: Steal this Poem
Arielle Saiber (Bowdoin University) in conversation with Dennis Looney (University of Pittsburgh)
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Paradiso 4: Freedom, Truth, and Violence Against the Will
Jason Aleksander (San Jose State University) in conversation with John Bugbee (University of Virginia)
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Parole Parole: “Farfallone”
Today’s word is FARFALLONE, Italian for the male butterfly, and figurative for a ladies-man.
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Purgatorio 28: A Glimpse of Paradise
Franziska Meier (Gottingen University) in conversation with Manuel Moll (Gottingen University)
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Inferno 5: Reckless Reading
Alison Cornish (NYU) in conversation with Martin Eisner (Duke University)
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Paradiso 20: Recovering Predestination in the Heaven of Justice
Thomas Graff (University of Cambridge) in conversation with Matthew Rothaus Moser (Azusa Pacific University)
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Purgatorio 29: Chariots of Fire: The Triumph of Harmony and Audiovisual Reunion
Kristen Keach (Berkeley University of California) in conversation with Kate Driscoll (Freie Universitat Berlin)
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Parole Parole: “Zizzania”
Today’s word is ZIZZANIA, Italian for weeds, but commonly used to mean ‘discord.’
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Inferno 13: Judgment Served
Claudia Rossignoli (University of St. Andrews) in conversation with Nicolino Applauso (Loyola University)
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Paradiso 6: Lessons from Justinian: Then and Now (with a postscript on exile from Romeo)
Jay Cole (West Virginia University) in conversation with Mary “Cookie” Schultz (West Virginia University)
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Parole Parole: “Mimosa”
Today’s word is MIMOSA, the flower variety traditionally used to celebrate International Women’s Day in Italy.
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Purgatorio 21: Three Epic Poets
Jo Ann Moran Cruz (Georgetown University) in conversation with Ron Herzman (SUNY Geneseo)
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Inferno 7: Tight Fists and Loose Tempers
William Dunbar Cuda (High School Senior) in conversation with Patrick Dunbar (Trans Marine Navigation)
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Parole Parole: “Quarantena”
Today’s word is QUARANTENA, Italian for quarantine.
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Paradiso 29: Angelic Choices and Creation
Susanna Barsella (Fordham University) in conversation with Giorgio Pini (Fordham University)
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Purgatorio 3: Mercy Infinite and Unfathomable
Michael Meister (St. Mary’s College of California) in conversation with Charles Hilken (St. Mary’s College of California)
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Parole Parole: “Confetti”
Today’s word is CONFETTI, an Italian candy, not to be confused with the English misuse of the word.
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Inferno 34: Defying Gravity
Giulio Genovese (University of Pennsylvania) in conversation with Mario Sassi (University of Pennsylvania)
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Paradiso 16: Modernity, Purity, and Confusion
Andrea Celli (University of Connecticut) in conversation with Joseph Tumolo (UCLA)
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Parole Parole: “Limonare / Pomiciare”
Today’s words are LIMONARE and POMICIARE, two different verbs for “making out.”
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Purgatorio 15: Are You Drunk? Visionary Metapoetics
George Rayson (University of Cambridge) in conversation with Aistė Kiltinavičiūtė (University of Cambridge)
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Inferno 20: The twisted gift of prophecy
Isabella Magni (Rutgers University) in conversation with Beatrice Arduini (University of Washington)
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Paradiso 17: A Call to Action
Donatella Stocchi (University of Rochester) in conversation with Carl Adair (Episcopal Divinity School)
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Purgatorio 20: That Damned Wolf. Again
Jelena Todorović (University of Wisconsin-Madison) in conversation with Beatrice Arduini (University of Washington)
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Inferno 31: Babel as a historical event and political-theological myth
Elisa Brilli (University of Toronto) in conversation with Mirko Tavoni (Università di Pisa)
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Paradiso 31: Keenness of Insight: Greetings and Leavetaking
Olivia Holmes (Binghamton University) in conversation with Kate Travers (NYU)
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