Updates for April
- It's going to work this way: You can post whatever you want, whenever you want. If it's a poem try to number the lines, if you can't, I'll edit it for you later. This way commenting will be easier-
- Second, if you're reading something and you don't like it then STOP reading. The whole point of this is to read new things, but at the same time read things that you enjoy. If you don't like it, then leave a comment saying why.
- Third, April begins next week which means you have to start getting copies of the book! Ms. Boughton has six copies avaialable and you can buy them at a discount. To buy them yourself will be around... $10.40 from amazon.com - $13 dollars from B&N.
Synopsis
Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generations. In "A Temporary Matter," published in The New Yorker, a young Indian-American couple faces the heartbreak of a stillborn birth while their Boston neighborhood copes with a nightly blackout. In the title story, an interpreter guides an American family through the India of their ancestors and hears an astonishing confession. Lahiri writes with deft cultural insight reminiscent of Anita Desai and a nuanced depth that recalls Mavis Gallant. She is an important and powerful new voice.
