INFINITO: A Translation Marathon
- Literature
Celebrating Leopardi’s poem with Jonathan Galassi, Luigi Ballerini, and NYU students
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Topic: Italian Society
- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Crapula”
Today’s word is CRAPULA, Italian for excessive eating.
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- History & Politics
Jhumpa Lahiri presents “Translating Myself and Others” with Jenny McPhee
Translating Myself and Others (2022, Princeton University Press)
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Gigioneggiare”
Today’s word is GIGIONEGGIARE, Italian for hamming it up, or for being a ham actor.
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- Casa Italiana
“A Sweet Silence in Cremona” Premieres
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- Art
How Italian Cities Created Religious Diversity
Panelists: John Agnew, UCLA Mariachiara Giorda, University of Roma Tre Silvia Omenetto, Sapienza University, Rome
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Barzotto”
Today’s word is BARZOTTO, Italian for something in-between states, be it an egg not fully cooked, or a penis not fully erect.
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Spiegare”
Today’s word is SPIEGARE, the Italian verb “to explain.”
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Godere”
Today’s word is GODERE, Italian for “experiencing deep pleasure.”
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- Casa Italiana
“Radical Poets of Different Feathers” by Luigi Ballerini
the brooklyn rail
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- Art
New York vs Covid: Stefano Albertini, la Casa NYU e la disfida della cultura italiana
La voce di New York
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Ferro”
Today’s word is FERRO, Italian for iron.
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- Art
Book Presentation: “Talking to the Girls”
Book Presentation Talking to the Girls Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Candid and intimate accounts of the factory-worker tragedy that shaped American labor rights
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