Why does it seem that so much of the indian intelligence comes from calcutta or bengal what? Isit in the water, so to speak? I don't know. Ah, people are put to the test. Dnd, there's nothing you can really except, you know, easily, or take for granted about yourself or about the universe. If you've been there, you know,. i mean, it just, it's a jolt, a to to your consciousness.
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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