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The Jews BY NATALIA GINZBURG Translated from Italian by Jenny McPhee The day after the events in Munich, the Catholic Press Association called me to say it was conducting an inquiry regarding the massacre and asked if I would express my opinion. I refused to respond. I told them that I never respond to inquiries.[*] …
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and Elsa and I are doing a little jig for joy! If you are in New York City on November 9 at 6:30, please join me at NYU's Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimò for a presentation of the book with Ann Goldstein and Franco Baldasso. From Vivan Gornick in The New York Times: Ferrante Before Ferrante …
Over the weekend, Erin, in London, sent me this powerful, heartening essay entitled "Why Some of Us Thrive in a Crisis" by Vivian Gornick. In it, Gornick turns to Natalia Ginzburg in search of some understanding of what is happening to us in this very strange time. Ginzburg speaks to me at all times, but …
I'm always thrilled to talk about the amazing and enduring Natalia Ginzburg. Hope to see you there!
I have the amazing honor of being Rachel Cusk's "conversation partner" at the NYPL! I am a great admirer of Rachel's writing and we share a passion/obsession for the work of Natalia Ginzburg. Rachel wrote an excellent introduction to Ginzburg's Little Virtues, a collection of stunning and groundbreaking essays. "My Vocation" and "He and I" are …
Woman Catching Fleas, Georges de La Tour (ca. 1638) Along with Muriel Spark, Natalia Ginzburg convinced me that I might as well be a writer since I wanted it so bad even though I was terrified I would never be any good at it. They assured me, through their work, that being any good at …
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