Anda: I think the whole situation is, you know, completely blown out of proportionand, and, and ridiculous. Harry: The language of that was very disturbing and offensive to me. Mikes: Is it considered in italy that everybody really knows who she is? Or is it still a mystery? Cu: Do you feel like you are one person who inhabits two different worlds?
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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