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