Truth or Dare?
Reinterpreting Al-Harīrī’s Arab Rogue. The Markaz Review, 2021 A new English translation of Impostures from Basra-born...
Essays
Immanuel’s Riddle
“But when I raise my voice at Kedushah or Yozer, the fountains of song open wide....
The Heretical Origins of the Sonnet
This essay was published in: Daily JStor, April 21, 2021 Of variable rhyme scheme and meter,...
The Last Muslims in Italy
During Dante’s lifetime, the only Muslim city on the Italian peninsula ceased to exist. Dante does...
Always Remember Your Name
A memoir by Andra and Tatiana Bucci. Forward by Ruth Franklin Andra and Tatiana Bucci, Always...
The Jesuit
Nicola Chiaromonte, The Partisan Review, February 1948 We had been at school together, at the Collegio...
The Novel of Ferrara
Introduction by Jamie McKendrick to his translation of The Novel of Ferrara (W.W. Norton & Co.,...
The People Next Door
As long as we live in this house there is no need for Stolpersteines, we don’t...
Advertising the Self: Formiggini’s Talking Postcards
In an era in which advertising was not yet an industry but rather an incipient trade...
A chemist’s book changed John Barnett’s life.
The graphic artist’s Carbon illustrates an element’s journey from a star to his brain We are...