Danielle Callegari on Popular Publishing

Danielle Callegari is Associate Professor of Italian at Dartmouth College and author of the 2022 book Dante’s Gluttons from Amsterdam University Press. She is also writer-at-large for the magazine Wine Enthusiast, for which she writes long-form articles and reviews, and rates wines. Her popular-audience book A Bite-Sized History of Italy is just out from the New Press. And together with Katie Parla she co-hosts the Italian gastronomy podcast Gola. I asked Danielle how she found her way into public-facing writing, how she thinks about that work in relation to her academic writing, and what strategies she has for anyone who wants to start publishing in popular venues.

A bit of Danielle's popular writing:

Meet the Three Sisters Making Some of Sicily’s Most Exciting Wines

An Island-Hopping Guide to Sicily

Environmental Advocate of the Year Col D’Orcia Is Doing Something Unprecedented

An Eating and Drinking Guide to Venice, Minus the Tourists

Instagram: @drcallegariscabinet

Mentioned:

Daniel Mendelsohn, "Is the Aeneid a celebration of empire or a critique?"