i'm wondering to what extent have you spoken to your parents about the joys and challenges of the immigrant experience, or was that something that you more so inferred from your own observations? Do you think compared to when you a beg a begann writing, do you feel more inhibited or un uninhabited as an author now? And what brings that about? While writing always scares me and midates me. i think if i'd ever stopped feeling that, i probably shouldn't write any more.
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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