As Princeton’s first Italian major, Susan L. Schwartz ’88 believes it was destiny for her first book to be dedicated to Italy. Upon sharing the news, her professor, Pietro Frassica, recalled the day she came into his office and triumphantly declared, “I would like to write my senior thesis on Venice.”
Thanks to his support and friendship and that of professor Gaetana Marrone-Puglia, Schwartz has always felt part of una famiglia in Princeton’s Italian department in East Pyne. After Princeton, Schwartz further explored Italian literature at the University of Cambridge. Today she lives in London, working as a drinks and travel journalist and interviewing people in the spirits industry for her Lush Life podcast.
