Monthly Archives: January 2009

JHUMPA LAHIRI’S MAGICAL LANGUAGE

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Jim

What is it with Jhumpa Lahiri? Her language does not bristle with style, never calls attention to itself.  She writes with a quiet clarity, her language supple yet unaffected, her tales mostly revolving around the mundane, ordinary facts of daily … Continue reading →

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THE COMFORT OF OTHER VOICES, EVEN FROM THE MOON

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Jim

Well, I haven’t blogged in months! My silence was due to a touch of melancholy, no doubt, and what drove that melancholy was most certainly a decision to reverse itself by the small press which had contracted to bring out … Continue reading →

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