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.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.
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Featured Books (Episode):
Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri
Trick by Domenico Starnone
Metamorphoses by Ovid
