The Art of the Short Story with Jhumpa Lahiri
b"Jhumpa Lahiri joins us on You Are What You Read\\xa0this week for a conversation about books and bella Italia. A bilingual writer and translator, Jhumpa is the Millicent C. McIntosh Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Barnard College (Columbia University). She received the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for\\xa0Interpreter of Maladies, her debut story collection.\\nHer work also includes\\xa0The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth,\\xa0and\\xa0The Lowland, which was a finalist for both the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award in fiction. Jhumpa is a master of vernacular, and since 2015, she has been writing fiction, essays, and poetry in Italian, which includes her latest, Roman Stories.\\xa0She received the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama in 2014, and in 2019 she was named Commendatore of the Italian Republic by President Sergio Mattarella.\\xa0\\nJhumpa Lahiri has fascinated and enchanted readers around the world, and in this episode of\\xa0You Are What You Read, we get to know this incredible writer and the books that built her soul.\\xa0\\nWe'd also like to thank our sponsor Book of the Month.\\xa0\\nHead over to bookofthemonth.com and use Promo Code ADRI to get your first book for just $9.99.\\nThank you for listening, and thank you for reading.\\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"