Mary Jo Bang Discusses Purgatorio

Published: Dec. 23, 2019, 5 p.m.

Mary Jo Bang joins Kevin Young to to discuss her translation of Dante\u2019s\xa0Purgatorio, excerpts of which are featured on newyorker.com. Bang is a poet who has received the National Book Critics Circle Award, a Hodder Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Berlin Prize Fellowship. Her latest book is \u201cA Doll for Throwing.\u201d