Pasolini’s Last Words
Introduced by Cathy Lee Crane, with a poetry reading by Stacy Szymaszek
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Year: 2021
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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
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
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
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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