Now that the buzz around Dan Brown’s novel “Inferno” is settling down, let’s talk about Dante—the real Dante. Andrew Frisardi is a celebrated translator and poet who calls Orvieto, Italy, his home and whose creative home is Italian literature. His most recent translation work includes the prize-winning Selected Poems of Giuseppe Ungaretti and Dante's Vita … Continue reading Translating the translator (part 1): Talking to Andrew Frisardi
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Reviews of Dan Brown’s latest … ugh
Another Dan Brown novel, another pack of smug reviews. Here’s my confession: I’m already sick of the reviews of Brown’s "Inferno," and the book only pubbed a day ago. Reviewers say that Brown doesn’t do anything new in his latest, but here’s the thing: neither do they. The criticisms are predictable; the angles are all … Continue reading Reviews of Dan Brown’s latest … ugh
Call of the Siren exclusive: Andrew Frisardi’s response
It isn't criticism that irritates--we're all adults here, right?--but what does is criticism that misinterprets and, in the process, misleads potential readers. When poet and translator Andrew Frisardi was on the receiving-end of such treatment for his translation of Vita Nova (Northwestern University Press) in the pages of the Times Literary Supplement, he did what … Continue reading Call of the Siren exclusive: Andrew Frisardi’s response
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