
Bound by Books: Alex Goren and Tallone Editore
The Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia — and consequently New York City at large— have been fortunate to receive a most extraordinary gift: the Alberto Tallone Editore collection: some…
The Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia — and consequently New York City at large— have been fortunate to receive a most extraordinary gift: the Alberto Tallone Editore collection: some…
In this conversation Judge Guido Calabresi, a long time friend of Centro Primo Levi, shares stories of his family’s flight from Fascist Italy —from Milan to Yale— and the ways…
Aline Sierp, History, Memory, and Trans-European Identity. Unifying Divisions, Routledge Studies in Modern European History, 2014 What is most interesting to you about memory culture in Europe? The most interesting…
Amelia Rosselli’s Serie ospedaliera among the poet’s most haunting, imaginatively intense and formally rigorous collections, has just been published by New Directions as Hospital Series, translated by Deborah Woodard, Roberta…
Amelia Rosselli’s experimental approach to poetry and trilingual interweaving have only recently been discovered by readers of English. The daunting challenges of translating her work are only partly responsible for…
Alessandro Cassin in conversation with Roberto Levi “Compassion and brutality can coexist in the same individual and in the same moment, despite all logic; and for all that, compassion eludes…
A conversation with Olga Ragusa – A lifelong engagement with the printed word: reading, writing and teaching. The elder of Andrea Ragusa’s daughters, Olga, arrived in New York with her…
In loving memory of Erna Viterbi (1934-2015). Her wisdom and kindness will be of guidance to all who knew her. Alessandro Cassin interviews Andrew Viterbi and Erna Finci Viterbi “Only…
Mussolini’s Manipulation of US correspondents in Fascist Italy Mussolini a darling of the American media of the 1920’s and late 1930”s? This long forgotten fact, together with his being described…
Fabrizio Lelli in conversation with Alessandro Cassin The last Jews left Apulia in 1541. In 2001 Fabrizio Lelli arrived at the University of Lecce to teach Hebrew language and…