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  • Jhumpa Lahiri has recommended or discussed 6 books on podcasts, as of January 11, 2017.
  • Jhumpa Lahiri has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of January 11, 2017.
  • Those books came up in 1 episode, as of January 11, 2017.
  • The 3 books Jhumpa Lahiri has mentioned in the most episodes, as of January 11, 2017: Howl, MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE and State by state.
  • The latest episode with a book mention from Jhumpa Lahiri aired on January 11, 2017.

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Guest on Conversations with Tyler · 6 books · 1 episode across 1 podcast

Jhumpa Lahiri is a writer and translator who appeared on Conversations with Tyler to discuss literature, language, and her creative process. During the episode, she mentioned Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey's anthology State by State, noting that she was asked to write an essay about Rhode Island for the collection. She discussed how composing that piece helped unlock the setting for her own novel, The Lowland, and also touched upon the dark themes within the book, recalling that her editor once noted its grim elements. Lahiri shared that she first read F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby when she was fifteen years old. In addition, she and Tyler Cowen discussed Cesare Pavese's translation of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. She highlighted City Lights Books' edition of Allen Ginsberg's Howl as an example of uniform and sober aesthetic book design, and she mentioned her translation of Domenico Starnone's novel Ties, praising Starnone as a leading living Italian author.

Books Jhumpa Lahiri recommended or discussed

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  1. Howl

    Allen Ginsberg · Discussed · 1 episode

    Howl by Allen Ginsberg is a seminal Beat generation poem that critiques modern industrial society, materialism, and conformity.

    Discussed
    “um i mean there's certain presses here that that have that aesthetic philosophy um you know city lights books makes those beautiful little books of like my copy of alan ginsburg's howl and etc”
    Conversations with Tyler Jhumpa Lahiri on Writing, Translation, and Crossing Between Cultures (… 2017-01-11 Listen at 58:37
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  2. MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE

    Herman Melville · Discussed · 1 episode

    Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is Herman Melville’s classic epic novel about Captain Ahab’s obsessive, destructive quest to hunt the white whale, framed by the detailed operations of 19th-century whaling.

    Discussed
    “well um paves is huge you know he translated Moby Dick and um my we were in Sicily a couple of years ago and the um we were sailing around the aolian islands and we had this long conversation one day with our Skipper um about how according to him Pav's translation of M dick surpasses the work of and”
    Conversations with Tyler Jhumpa Lahiri on Writing, Translation, and Crossing Between Cultures (… 2017-01-11 Listen at 45:02
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  3. State by state

    Matt Weiland; Sean Wilsey · Discussed · 1 episode

    Discussed
    “and you know you mentioned the the essay in state by state um one of these books that have been kindly uh assembled here such a lovely display really I'm so touched um but I was asked to to write about Rhode Island um in this anthology called state by state which um invited a number of authors to write”
    Conversations with Tyler Jhumpa Lahiri on Writing, Translation, and Crossing Between Cultures (… 2017-01-11 Listen at 1:15
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  4. The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald · Discussed · 1 episode

    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a classic American novel examining the decadence, idealism, and ultimate disillusionment of the Jazz Age through the tragic pursuit of the enigmatic Jay Gatsby.

    Discussed
    “well so I was in 10th grade in when I was 15 um I read The Great Gatsby um that year um and then the following year I was introduced to Hardy who has become so important to me as well”
    Conversations with Tyler Jhumpa Lahiri on Writing, Translation, and Crossing Between Cultures (… 2017-01-11 Listen at 5:18
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  5. The Lowland

    Jhumpa Lahiri · Discussed · 1 episode

    Discussed
    “I mean I think what what was helpful about it is that um it opened up the um the setting of the lowland which um is set you know in part in in in Rhode Island but it's the first of my books in which I can actually mention Rhode Island by its name whereas the other books the preceding”
    Conversations with Tyler Jhumpa Lahiri on Writing, Translation, and Crossing Between Cultures (… 2017-01-11 Listen at 2:31
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  6. Ties

    Domenico Starnone · Discussed · 1 episode

    Ties by Domenico Starnone is an intimate novel exploring the complex dynamics of family life, marital breakdown, and long-term commitments.

    Discussed
    “one is um uh so i just translated this novel called um ties in english it's la giacca is the italian title by domenico ston um who is my friend and whom i consider the finest italian living author and i just translated this novel”
    Conversations with Tyler Jhumpa Lahiri on Writing, Translation, and Crossing Between Cultures (… 2017-01-11 Listen at 1:03:49
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EpisodePodcastDateBooks
Jhumpa Lahiri on Writing, Translation, and Crossing Between Cultures (Live at Mason)Conversations with Tyler2017-01-117