Here is the look of a great lady on the verge of death. Here is also the look of something else: What it feels like to read a bad book review. I love the grim, gray pages of the Times Literary Supplement -- make that grim, grey pages -- even though the reading can get … Continue reading Some painful reading
Category: Myth – Dante
Profile in courage
Dante Alighieri is a fascinating figure, and hopefully I'll be able to tell you what really fascinates me about that poor, exiled figure at some point in the near future when my work on a book about him is done. Keep your fingers crossed for me, beloved friends. In the meantime, I feel like I … Continue reading Profile in courage
The ‘D’ in ‘Dan Brown’ stands for ‘Dante’
In "The Lost Symbol," the most recent of Dan Brown's thrillers featuring symbologist Robert Langdon, there's a moment when Langdon compares the murky, distant secrets of Europe with those of colonial America. This nation may not be too old in comparison to the world across the pond, but there's a rich tradition of secrecy in … Continue reading The ‘D’ in ‘Dan Brown’ stands for ‘Dante’
Nick Owchar 
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