“Umiltà, Umanità, Umore… buono”
At Rice News Brandi Smith reports Rice’s Bajani wins Italy’s top literary prize for ‘The Anniversary’. That's old news -- he won the Premio Strega several months ago; see my previous mention -- but it's a new profile, noting also that:
The attention has thrust Bajani into a whirlwind schedule. By the end of the year, he will have toured Italy, Spain and Germany with launches also in Hungary, Portugal and the Netherlands before continuing to South America. In total, the novel will be published in nearly 30 countries.We also learn that the English translation is by Geoffrey Brock, and is forthcoming from Penguin UK in spring 2026. But no word yet re. a US edition (though surely also coming).
The only Bajani-title under review at the complete reviewis his If You Kept a Record of Sins.
West Australians should get particularly good views, but the eclipse will be visible from the whole country given favourable weather
U2 and a Harlem Choir Sing ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’
In 1987, choir director Dennis Bell arranged a version of U2’s #1 hit I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For for his choir, the New Voices of Freedom. After hearing a recording of the arrangement, U2 asked Bell & the choir to join the band for an upcoming show at Madison Square Garden in NYC. Before the show, the band and the choir rehearsed together at Greater Calvary Baptist Church in Harlem:
On this day in history 8 Sep 2016