Dante for Today

Alina Stefanescu on ruins, fear of flying, and life in the Romanian Republic of Alabama. 

Philip Hoare on William Blake, revolution, and swimming in the dark. 

Stephanie Burt on queer time, glass dildos, and making it up as you go. 

Dante Alighieri, Commedia, con il commento di Anna Maria Chiavacci Leonardi https://www.amazon.it/Commedia-Dante-Alighieri/dp/880887804X/ 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Dante’s ‘Inferno’ - a medieval journey through the nine circles of Hell. “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here”. This famous phrase is written above the gate of Hell in a 14th century poem by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. The poem is called the ... Show More

Claire and I walk with Dante and Virgil through hell. Along the way, we talk about all manner of things: pity, sin, reading, love, exploration, tradition, heresy, truth, and most of all why Dante is important to us, just two common readers, in the 21st century.  

Perché dopo molti secoli l'opera di Dante ancora ci affascina? Possiamo trovare tracce della lingua di Dante nella nostra lingua? Possiamo paragonare il viaggio di Dante al nostro viaggio personale? Oggi faccio due chiacchiere con Ugo Coppari (Studio Pensierini) su Dante, la ling ... Show More

Inferno is the 14th century epic that tells the story of Dante Alighieri’s imaginary journey through the underworld. It is the first part of Dante’s The Divine Comedy, and is widely considered to be one of the world’s greatest poems. “Abandon all hope you who enter here” is the f ... Show More

By Mary Jo Bang 

Mary Gaitskill’s "The Devil’s Treasure” features sections from her previous novels and an unfinished novel, commentary, illustrations, and a story inspired by a dream her younger self had. 

Christian Wiman joins Kevin Young to discuss “Far from Kingdoms” and “Outside, In Fact, There Wasn't Any Change,” by Patrizia Cavalli, translated by Judith Baumel, and his own poem “Eating Grapes Downward.” Wiman is a poet, essayist, editor, and translator, whose honors include t ... Show More

Mamma Mia. With what courage can I start talking about the man who is considered the father of the Italian language? I've thought about it a lot: should I do it or not? Will I be able to? In the end, I decided to do it because there is no better year or day than this: Dantedì, th ... Show More