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J. Simon Harris

@JSimonHarris

Writer, poet, translator of Dante.

Joined October 2020
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In the middle of the journey of our life, I PUBLISHED MY DANTE'S INFERNO TRANSLATION!!! amazon.com/dp/B09X2686G5/
Inferno (The Divine Comedy)

Inferno (The Divine Comedy)

Journey with Dante into the bowels of the earth and the profoundest depths of the human soul. The , the first part of Dante's , has captivated readers for over seven centuries. This modern translat...

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Perseids Pronunciation xkcd.com/2814
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Aaron Poochigian@Poochigian11 Aug 2023
I have a love-poem out in "The National Review." It's my last one (promise) and my best, I think. I'm curious to find out what you think of it: nationalreview.com/magazine/…

Too Late Now | National Review

Endure me, dear; I’ll dote on you.

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Well I opened a submission response email just now, fully expecting a rejection... but instead, one of my poems was selected!!! I will of course share a link when the publication is released. Super excited!
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Shel Silverstein's observations on ChatGPT.
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Ennius (@red_loeb) profile pictureEnnius@red_loeb14 Jul 2023
Sailing towards the #weekend BL Yates Thompson MS 36; Dante Alighieri, Divina commedia; 1444-c 1450 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.65r @BLMedieval
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“A person is not likely to be a good reader of the Iliad if he doesn’t enjoy lingering over the Catalogue of Ships…” Roberto Calasso, “The Ruin of Kasch”
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I'm barely on Twitter anymore, but still occasionally check it. Seems like they really want me to follow Elon Musk (it keeps recommending his account). I'm sure it's just the algorithms naturally making suggestions...
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Is there is a better picture book opening than? "The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another his mother called him 'WILD THING! ' and Max said 'I'LL EAT YOU UP! ' so he was sent to bed without eating anything." The wolf suit!
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@markscarbrough I just listened to the episode where Dante encounters Manfred. The episode was really well put together (as is the scene it covers). I like your notion of tying Manfred to Muhammad and Ali via their wounds (and the history of Frederick's court). /1
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2/ After all, Manfred's wounds are pointedly in the right places (face and chest), and he even mimics Muhammad's opening up of his chest when he shows Dante the wound. I think it's also clear, as you say, that Manfred is a reformed schismatic, at least as far as Dante believes.
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3/ I don't really have much to add, except to say that this feature of Manfred (retaining his wounds in the afterlife) always sticks out to me, and I like your take on it. It always reminds me of Beetlejuice, where all the dead really do retain their wounds.
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Aaron Poochigian@Poochigian20 Jun 2023
Pub Day! “Mr. Either/Or: All the Rage” is out in the world at last. In honor of Tropical Depression Bret now swirling north of Surinam, here is a hurricane passage from the book. amazon.com/Mr-Either-Rage-Aa…
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youtu.be/kN4_YNXUZfU Holy shit! So amazing to hear my poem read aloud by a stranger on YouTube!! He does a great job!
Parody of Edgar Poe's "The Raven" - The Drunken by J Simon Harris |...

Parody of Edgar Poe's "The Raven" - The Drunken by J Simon Harris |...

A poetry reading of the hilarious "The Drunken" by J Simon Harris. ...

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Nearing the end of The Iliad. When we came to the death of Hektor, one of my students closed the book thoughtfully and said, “So. Hektor is dead. [Pause.] Which one is the good guy?” #Homer
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Humbert Coe Rose@RoarB00k7928 Apr 2023
I am more and more convinced that this could be the perfect image for the cover of my book on Dante's early modern public 😍😈📚 . #Dante #book #coolpics #marginalia
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Wow, these are amazing.
David Bather Woods (@dbatherwoods) profile pictureDavid Bather Woods@dbatherwoods25 Apr 2023
Well that’s very nice - a student sent me pictures of the stained glass depicting Dante’s Inferno at the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan, because it’s a text we study on my Philosophy of Evil module.
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Aaron Poochigian@Poochigian14 Apr 2023
I'm trying to write poetry about history in a way that isn't god-awful boring. What do you think of this (an excerpt from a longer work)? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockh…
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In addition to being my birthday, yesterday was the 1st anniversary of my Dante's Inferno translation! I can't believe it has already been out for a year!
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Haven't listened to this one yet, but the first two episodes on Purgatorio have been fantastic. Looking forward to many more!
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I now have a Dante doll with historically accurate breeches, courtesy of my mom.
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Here we go again!
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