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Bartolomeo Scappi, the Renaissance’s most innovative chef, revolutionized the culinary arts. Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Vertumnus (detail), 1590–1591, oil on panel, 28″ x 23″. Edward White’s The Lives of...
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An illustration of Leopardi by Tullio Pericoli. It’s Leopardi’s birthday tomorrow. Happy 219, Giacomo. In remembrance of the occasion, I think we’d all better have a look at the following short poem...
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Part three of a four-part review. Photograph by Stephanie Berger.3:15 P.M. “If you knew all the yams I have to tell them,” one character says, according to the supertitles. I am briefly interested,...
View ArticleEugenio Montale Comes to New York
A young Eugenio Montale. “So you know Italian?” I suddenly experience an obscure and unwelcome pang of solidarity with Christina Aguilera. “Not very well.” I look down at my shoes. Perhaps they will...
View ArticleAnthony Giardina on ‘Norumbega Park’
In five novels and a collection of short stories, Anthony Giardina has written about the conflicts at the intersection of social class, family, and sexuality. Recent History explores the anxieties of...
View ArticleCooking for the Pope
Bartolomeo Scappi, the Renaissance’s most innovative chef, revolutionized the culinary arts. Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Vertumnus (detail), 1590–1591, oil on panel, 28″ x 23″. Edward White’s The Lives of...
View ArticleThe Hipster Pyramid: An Interview with Francesco Pacifico
Francesco Pacifico. Photo: Riccardo Musacchio and Flavio Ianniello The last time I interviewed Francesco Pacifico for The Paris Review Daily was back in 2013, when he published The Story of My...
View ArticleCarrying Away His Last Sheep
An illustration of Leopardi by Tullio Pericoli. It’s Leopardi’s birthday tomorrow. Happy 219, Giacomo. In remembrance of the occasion, I think we’d all better have a look at the following short poem...
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