HeyJaredA Swaying Form
Dispatches on reading, writing, and learning lost and found.
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The Disappearing Lake (opens the original)
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Part III: This installment—in which I explore the parco della Pia; immerse myself in a missing lake; invoke Dante’s dark wood; and remember another man’s memoir—picks up where Part II, Familiar Memories in Foreign Settings, left off. Part I is here: Purgatory, Park, and Prison.6 :: Il Lago :: In his boyhood, Piero Calamandrei sought to bring that hovering body of water down to earth. “T
Familiar Memories in Foreign Settings (opens the original)
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Part II: This installment—in which I recall boyhood memories from a Tuscan abode; the author of The Prince walks in the woods, plays cards at an inn, and retreats to his study; and a meal is made and shared—picks up where Part I, Purgatory, Park, and Prison, left off. Two additional installments will follow in coming weeks.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ROnf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F
Purgatory, Park, and Prison (opens the original)
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Part I: In which seven lines of the Purgatorio reveal a story; old friends revive a park and vineyard; and I lose myself in someone else’s memory.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="758" src="https://substackcdn.com/ima
Atop a Tower and at Lunch in a Bar (opens the original)
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This installment—in which I climb Boccaccio’s tower; meditate on the past and future of literary expression; head to lunch (where I order more tripe); recall conversations with famous chefs; and savor boyhood good fortune—is the last in the sequence begun with A Taste for Tripe and Timeless Ways and continued in Landscape and Letters.<a
Landscape and Letters (opens the original)
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This installment—in which I read Genealogy of the Pagan Gods and admire the Tuscan countryside; am transported by a full moon; visit the Boccaccio museum and ponder the lessons of his Decameron—picks up where the last, A Taste for Tripe and Timeless Ways, left off.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IF3B!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubst
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