"Once the cover is on it, it's not my book," she says. "These books don't even imean as much as i appreciate this lovely display that you may but i this isn't my book more." In an essay about her experience of writing in Italy, Alessandra Ambrosio writes: "I say what i feel about blerbs...i'm any more tro [uncomfortable] than i am now"
Author, teacher, and translator Jhumpa Lahiri joins Tyler for a conversation on identity, Rhode Island, writing as problem solving, reading across languages, the badness of book covers, Elena Ferrante, Bengali culture, the magic of Calcutta, Italian authors, Indian classical music, architectural influences, and much more.
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