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Jhumpa Lahiri on Writing, Translation, and Crossing Between Cultures (Live at Mason)

Conversations with Tyler

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Is There a Difference Between a Cover and an Author?

i prefer, i prefer this kind of cover because to me, there's a protective quality to the lack of specificity andd. The whole piece is a meditation on the idea of wearing a uniform and undressing yourself. I dreamed of being able to wake up united states and just putting on my blue skirt and my white shirt and my black shoes,. And going to school and nobody am commenting on what i was wearing. Am, i mean, i think america represents freedom with a big capital f f., and it always has, and we hope it always will for the good.

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