On March 7, 2025, the 92nd Street Y in New York launched an online course titled Reading Italo Calvino with Joseph Luzzi. Offered through Roundtable—92NY’s online learning platform—the program is dedicated to three of Calvino’s most celebrated works: The Baron in the Trees, Invisible Cities, and If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler.
Luzzi—writer, scholar of Italian literature, and professor at Bard College—guides participants through the texts with the eye of an experienced reader rather than a distant critic. His style is precise but accessible. He references Derrida and Kundera, touches on semiotics and structuralism, yet the tone remains light, the focus always on the rhythm and richness of Calvino’s language.
