In Roman Stories Jhumpa Lahiri translates her own writing from Italian in a feat of language and a love and connection to Rome itself. Lahiri joins us to talk about the role of a translator in literature, language and identity, exophonic authors and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over.\xa0
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f
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Featured Books (Episode):
Roman Stories\xa0by Jhumpa Lahiri\xa0
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri\xa0
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri\xa0
Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri\xa0
Trick by Domenico Starnone\xa0\xa0
Metamorphoses by Ovid\xa0\xa0