Author Jhumpa Lahiri considers herself a linguistic orphan. Although one of the most honored and widely read fiction writers in America today, she has now turned to writing in Italian. Her recent book of essays about the process of learning a new language, "In Altre Parole," has been published in a bilingual edition as "In Other Words" by Knopf. It premiered on the New York Times Bestseller list on February 21, 2016. Lahiri appears at a soldout event sponsored by the Inserra Endowed Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies at Montclair State University, where Professor Teresa Fiore is now using "In Other Words" as part of her class in the Italian Program.

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Produced by Susan Wallner, narrated by Dan Gordon, with videography by Joe Conlon and Matteo Minasi.