WALKING WITH DANTE is going on a brief hiatus!

We'll be back, at "la rentrée," the return of the year, the real "new year," which happens in September.For now, the podcast is going on a brief break to give us all a rest before that arduous work of Cantos VI - VIII of PURGATORIO.I'll see you back with Dante on our walk in mid-September!

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Ever wanted to read Dante's Divine Comedy? Come along with us! We're not lost in the scholarly weeds. (Mostly.) We're strolling through the greatest work (to date) of Western literature. Join me, Mark Scarbrough, as I take on this masterpiece passage by passage. I'll give you my rough English translation, show you some of the interpretive knots in the lines, let you in on the 700 years of commentary, and connect Dante's work to our modern world. The pilgrim comes awake in a dark wood, then walks across the known universe. New episodes every Sunday and Wednesday.