Divining Dante

<p><span style=color: rgba(48 48 48 1)>2021 is the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri author of the long narrative poetic trilogy </span><em style=color: rgba(48 48 48 1)>The Divine</em><span style=color: rgba(48 48 48 1)> C</span><em style=color: rgba(48 48 48 1)>omedy</em><span style=color: rgba(48 48 48 1)>. In a time of global pandemic Dante's exploration of the relationship between the physical and spiritual worlds and humankind's responsibilities to each other seems particularly relevant and to commemorate Dante's anniversary we invited 70 poets from around the world to respond to Dante's famous work assisted by a team of seven contributing editors: Paul Munden (UK) Nessa O'Mahony (Ireland) Paul Hetherington (Australia) Alvin Pang (Singapore) Priya Sarukkai Chabria (India) Moira Egan (Italy) and David Fenza (US).</span></p><p><br></p>