Jul 7, 2006 | Books - Publishing - Shakespeare - The Novel - Travel
The Road to Verona, the Same Night “Giotto’s O.” In the middle of a dream in which no one would let him sleep, it seemed to Pietro that the words were deliberately meant to annoy him. Almost unwillingly he dreamed of a rock, a paintbrush touching the rock, forming a...
Jul 4, 2006 | Books - Shakespeare
I firmly expect to get mugged by Shakespeare and Dante scholars alike. The Dante folk will take issue with several of my choices. His movements prior to his arrival in (or return to, as it certainly was) Verona are much debated, and I’ve chosen one of the more...
Jul 3, 2006 | Books - The Novel
In another quarter of an hour Ciolo found the house, right where it was supposed to be. There was the hanging garden. There was the juniper bush. The house was frescoed with a pagan god holding a staff with two snakes on it. The god...
Jun 29, 2006 | Books - Publishing - The Novel
Padua, 16 September, 1314 Looking about him, Ciolo’s nerves jangled like spurs. During the whole ride they hadn’t seen a soul. Not on the road, not in the fields. No one at all. “What does it mean?” asked...
Jun 28, 2006 | Books - Essential Posts - The Novel - Writing
Early in 1999 I was directing Romeo & Juliet at the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre (a great space that to my everlasting regret has since become a church). It was my fourth or fifth encounter with the play, but my first as director. Getting ready to direct Shakespeare...
