Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Sarah Hepola’s memoir, “Blackout” (Grand Central), would make for a thought-provoking book club choice. Hepola is an enchanting storyteller who writes in a ...

Joseph Luzzi, a writer and commentator on Italian culture, will discuss his “My Two Italies” book at 4 p.m. on Sunday at Casa Columbo, 380 Monmouth St., in Jersey City. Luzzi, who was born in raised ...

Joseph Luzzi used Dante's epic poem "The Divine Comedy" to get him through the grief of his wife's sudden death. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Luzzi. This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

I remember taking an intermediate Italian class in college, and to gauge our linguistic level of proficiency, the professor assigned us a short essay to write. Using the Italian I had picked up from ...

WHERE: Third Floor Gallery (above Hudson Wine Merchants), 341 Warren St., Hudson DETAILS: Author Joseph Luzzi will read from his new book, “In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, ...

Joseph Luzzi is looking at our hearts and minds. Anna Celenza is looking at the Congressional Record. The two academics will address the arts in the One Day University on Saturday, Feb. 23, (see ...

Noted author Joseph Luzzi will discuss his latest work, “My Two Italies,” Sept. 14 at Casa Columbo in Jersey City. The book explores the journey of Luzzi's Italian immigrant parents, as well as the ...

The Renaissance, Jacob Burckhardt once wrote, was a golden age for bastards. This, like so much of the popular understanding of 15th- and 16th-century Florence, is one of those truisms so often ...

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. On November 29, 2007, Joseph Luzzi's life changed irreversibly. His wife, Catherine, eight-and-a-half months pregnant, was killed in a car ...