The writer is fascinated with italy way back when, right? Welli men in a growing way. Now, your most recent book, the clothing of books, it's about book covers. So do you think, based on your study of book covers, your own books aside, but are book covers assigned to books efficiently or is there something in the process that's gone wrong?
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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