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Joseph Luzzi

Joseph Luzzi teaches at Bard and is the author of My Two Italies, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love.

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The Great Summer Read

Why do we persist in this often futile literary quest?

by Joseph Luzzi | Monday, June 17, 2019
A Masterpiece Born of the Black Death

A Masterpiece Born of the Black Death

Boccaccio’s Decameron reminds us to live with gratitude

by Joseph Luzzi | Thursday, June 04, 2020
How to Read Dante in the 21st Century

How to Read Dante in the 21st Century

Breaking the code of “The Divine Comedy” with patient reverence

by Joseph Luzzi | Tuesday, March 22, 2016
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Reassessing Rossellini

Restoration of Rome Open city, the director’s masterpiece, prompts a look at why he later retreated from the neorealism it introduced

by Joseph Luzzi | Wednesday, December 01, 2010

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Finding Your Voice

by Larry Woiwode

The novelist and short-story writer Larry Woiwode, whose 1975 book Beyond the Bedroom Wall was one of the most acclaimed works of fiction of the era, died recently in North Dakota. He lived in the state for nearly 45 years, writing and working on his organic farm. He also served, for many years, as the poet laureate of North Dakota. In our Summer 2019 issue, Woiwode remembered his development as a writer—and how he ultimately came to find his voice.

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