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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Publishing’s fate, reviewer style, and coming soon
PUBLISHING TODAY: A fascinating overview of what's going on in the marketplace was passed on to me via a friend on LinkedIn, and now I'm passing it on to you. Evan Hughes' overview of the publishing marketplace at Wired opens with an anecdote that falls into the "fairy tales do come true" category: It's the … Continue reading Publishing’s fate, reviewer style, and coming soon
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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