i think anybody who is fortunate enough to have more than one language recognizes that, you know. Andma ididn't know them in exactly the right kind of the same level of proficiency. But a, but they were both incredibly strong influences on who i was. Next question i jumpa: One thing i found really interesting about the namesake was how you describe gogel as am kind of olive toned and sort of being able to pass as mediterranean sometimes. Is this a conscious decision to make him able to pas, sort of passes white? And if so, can you speak to how this relates to your own experiences of colorism in passing?
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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