Poetry’s Italian Portfolio: Dec. 2007

I’ve had thirty-six lovers plus tax. —Alda Merini (trans. by Douglas Basford) ABOUT Edited by Geoffrey Brock, the “Italian Portfolio” in this special issue of Poetry magazine contains nineteen poems […] Read more ...

“The Gorge,” by Umberto Eco

My translation of Eco’s story from the Feb. 27, 2005 issue of the New Yorker ____________ DESCRIPTION “The Gorge” is a gripping narrative of a clash in Fascist-era Italy between […] Read more ...