Tyler: Of all the characters you've penned, which one do you see yourself most in? Or is there one and why? Jopa: "I write less about nastalgia. I mean, it's connected, of course" tyler: "Everything i've written has that at its core." Am: "You have to question what you're doing and how you're doing it and why?"
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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