Christopher Phillips

Tweeting Dante

Arts & Literature

“Who else but the boundlessly inventive writer and teacher extraordinaire Dr. Donald Carlson would think of dispensing gems from Dante’s Inferno via Twitter, and then reel us even further in with one hundred ever-so-thoughtful pontifications that mesh seamlessly with this timeless work of the Italian poet, writer, and philosopher? I would characterize Professor Carlson much as Dante would Virgil—namely, as ‘he who is guide, who leads my eyes on high.’”