Virtual Learning
Originally aired live March 16, 2021
A Conversation with Jhumpa Lahiri
panelists + moderator
Attendee Responses + Information
We invite librarians to take a break from the daily grind and watch this Q&A with best-selling author, Jhumpa Lahiri. Discussion moderated by Heather McCormack, VP of cloudLibrary, Collection Development and Publisher Relations.
JHUMPA LAHIRI is the author of four works of fiction: Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth, and The Lowland; and a work of nonfiction, In Other Words. She has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize; the PEN/Hemingway Award; the PEN/Malamud Award; the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award; the Premio Gregor von Rezzori; the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature; a 2014 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama; and the Premio Internazionale Viareggio-Versilia, for In altre parole.
ABOUT WHEREABOUTS
A marvelous new novel from the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Lowland and Interpreter of Maladies–her first in nearly a decade. Exuberance and dread, attachment and estrangement: in this novel, Jhumpa Lahiri stretches her themes to the limit. The woman at the center wavers between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties. Read more.
Bibliotheca is happy to share these additional resources and references related to and/or mentioned during this webinar.
Use the download links below for the slides as presented and a full-text version of the chat log.
At right, find links to additional resources the presenters made reference to, which may lead off of our website.
You may also like
Insights + Trends

Nørre Nebel Cultural Centre: Using technology to build an engaging cultural centre and library
Using technology to build an engaging cultural centre and library

Rotterdam Public Library: Building a community collection with Comics Plus
With a Comics Plus subscription, libraries can offer readers unlimited, simultaneous access to 20,000+ digital comics, graphic novels, and manga.

The Role Manga Plays in Learning English and Understanding Japanese Culture – Introduction to Comics Plus
Virtual Learning Access the Webinar On Demand panelists + moderator Debora Aoki Manga lover and journalist Information Summary Resources Summary Learn from Debora Aoki, a