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Monthly Archives: July 2016
Regatta di Malamocco
The winners? Rosso, Celeste, and Bianco for the men’s race in the caorline boats with 6 rowers. For the women, Viola, Marron, then Canarin for the mascarete boat with 2 rowers. I went out to Malamocco today, which is an … Continue reading
Il Cane
Seen on my street… He was waiting faithfully.
The New Book Exists!
Last March (2016) my publisher in Venice, Supernova Edizioni, published my new book, A Living Memory: Immortality for Sarra Copia Sulam. But I’ve never actually seen the finished book until today! Libreria Studium is carrying it. I finally got to … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, bookstores, history, publishing, Sarra Copia Sulam, the Ghetto, travel, venezia, Venice, women writers, women's history, writing
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Oh, Those Clowns!
My bookclub recently read The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (and unanimously loved it). In the book, some Murano glass clowns figure rather importantly. I’m in Venice right now, and as I was walking through the Mercerie (one of the … Continue reading
Casanova the Noun
OED entry: “Used allusively of a man whose amorous activities resemble those of Casanova.” Merriam Webster: “Lover, especially : a man who is a promiscuous and unscrupulous lover.” A while back I had a book promotion event and someone in the audience had a … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, Casanova, Dux, etymology, history, History of my Life, Italian history, publishing, seductive venice, translation, travel, venezia, Venice, Willard Trask, writing
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