Revisiting Natalia Ginzburg’s Evocative Narratives in “Voices in the Evening” – Chicago Review of Books

Revisiting Natalia Ginzburg’s Evocative Narratives in “Voices in the Evening” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] I first read Natalia Ginzburg’s memoir Lessico Famigliare—Family Lexicon—for a college Italian class. Though that book is in a language I no longer understand as fluidly as I wish I could, it has accompanied me across all my moves since. This re-issue of Voices in the Evening, also translated by D.M. Low and recently … Read more

Recovering Narratives in “Black in the Middle” – Chicago Review of Books

Recovering Narratives in “Black in the Middle” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Black Midwesterners live complex lives full of love, creativity, and community; but, that’s not usually the story told in mainstream depictions of Middle America. In 2017, scholars, artists, activists, and students banded together at the University of Minnesota to form the Black Midwest Initiative to promote work that more accurately captured the truth of … Read more