In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love

In the aftermath of a heartbreaking tragedy, a scholar and writer uses Dante’s Divine Comedy to shepherd him through the dark wood of grief and mourning—a rich and emotionally resonant memoir of suffering, hope, love and the power of literature to inspire and heal the most devastating loss. Where do we turn when we lose everything? Joseph Luzzi found the answer in the opening of The Divine Comedy: “In the middle of our life’s journey, I found myself in a dark wood.”

Joseph Luzzi holds a doctorate from Yale and teaches at Bard.

Introduction by Prof. Ruth Ben-Ghiat of NYU; with the participation of writers André Aciman and Alexander Stille.

Italian Cultural Institute
686 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10065

Free, RSVP requested.