A conversation with author Jhumpa Lahiri

with Jhumpa Lahiri
in Books
on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 * * * * *

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A conversation with author Jhumpa Lahiri about her book * Unaccustomed Earth*.

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    1. krane22  08/09/2009 11:09 PM Report

      She's a bit of a bore...

    2. PlanetCop  08/08/2008 08:21 AM Report

      Hi. Lahiri, like Awhorah, at Star Trek.

    3. Erica  08/05/2008 06:55 PM Report

      MaryAnn, you are so right! I just watched his interview with her from 2003. He interrupts, he pries (here), he doesn't seem the least bit informed about her work, and he insists on casting her as foreign.

    4. Stanley  06/26/2008 07:30 PM Report

      Bravo, Charlie. Bravo.

    5. John  05/31/2008 01:01 AM Report

      It does seem like the interview took a turn about midway through, but not wrongly; it was not wrong of Charlie to probe into Jhumpa's personal life. He knows the line and does not cross it. The answer Jhumpa gives - about how writing allows her to be relentless with her questions about life - reveals more about how she creates her work than a discussion about craft would.

    6. VLong  05/30/2008 02:52 PM Report

      A beautiful, respectful, touching interview that reveals a bit of the soul that drives the words behind her books.

    7. tevo durham  05/29/2008 07:49 PM Report

      really loved this interview...thought the subject was genuine and revealing, intimate yet demure - no facade offered for "fame".How often do we get to see someone showing up for their work without selling it and/or posturing.

      Charlie R. really showed interviewer prowess. the intensity and drive in the questions...a very impressive interview...really showed alot of depth. This interview gives me hope that we may be getting a Rose autobigraphy. HINT HINT Charlie: Give Us The Written Page.

    8. webby  05/29/2008 12:30 PM Report

      The conflict that Lahiri was having trouble describing is not describable. This conflict is faced by every thinking person from an older culture hosted in a new one. There is a guilt in passing of life that one has betrayed an older and more sophisticated culture for a new one for bobbles.

      Every college graduate Indian in the west fights this rubber band.

    9. webby  05/29/2008 12:30 PM Report

      The conflict that Lahiri was having trouble describing is not describable. This conflict is faced by every thinking person from an older culture hosted in a new one. There is a guilt in passing of life that one has betrayed an older and more sophisticated culture for a new one for bobbles.

      Every college graduate Indian in the west fights this rubber band.

    10. MaryAnn Hare  05/29/2008 12:24 AM Report

      Charlie Rose is sexist. He interviewed two male authors (Peter Matthiesssen and Edward Albee) and then Lahiri. With the males, Rose focused on their work, their philosophy of writing, and their politics. Overall he was very respectful (meaning he didn't interrupt too many times). During the interview with Lahiri, Rose focused only on the personal, to the point that he actually asked her about therapy!!! He never asked about the stories at all (did he even read the book?). I was amazed that Lahiri said she only will do TV with Charlie. She seemed so uncomfortable with this interview, and I did not learn anything about her craft, unlike with the two male writers. My husband cannot even stay in the room if Rose is on TV because his interview style in brusque--he interrupts constantly, seeming only to want to show how much he knows about a subject.

    11. Sunny  05/28/2008 10:28 PM Report

      It seemed Jhumpa has become more introvert, reserved or queiter. I wonder why the interivew was so short.. They didnt discuss much about the stories this time..Charlie Rose is offcourse the best person to interview her ( cant imagine John Stewart,,, though that wouldve been interesting)

    12. knute  05/28/2008 09:19 PM Report

      beauty and brains incarnate.

      also surprisingly candid.

    13. Benhibou  05/28/2008 05:05 PM Report

      Charlie at his best. Inquisitive but at the same time respectful.

      Benhibou