The Academy of American Poets has selected Mary Jo Bang’s translation of Dante’s Inferno as one of the Notable Books of 2012.

Bang is a professor of English in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Bang’s Inferno: A New Translation (Graywolf Press, 2012) was one of only 12 books that made the Academy of American Poets notable list for 2012.The American Library Association (ALA) also recently selected Inferno: A New Translation as one of only two books of poetry to make its Notable Books for Adults 2013 list.In a Publishers Weekly review, Bang’s translation of the Inferno is referred to as “an epic both fresh and historical, scholarly and irreverent.” More >>