Jhumpa Lahiri on ROMAN STORIES

Published: Oct. 26, 2023, 10 a.m.

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

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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