Saturday, March 4, 2023

Podcast Lahiri on self-translation

 In a recently published episode of the Modern Poetry in Translation podcast, Jhumpa Lahiri discusses self-translation with Khairani Barokka. Topics include her relationship to translation, language and poetry; differences between the process of self translating poetry versus prose.

You can listen to the podcast or read the transcript here: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/jhumpa-lahiri-speaks-to-khairani-barokka-on-self-translation-and-turning-to-poetry/ 

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