Jhumpa Lahiri on Rhode Island
paperhaus September 13th, 2008
Outtakes from my interview with Jhumpa Lahiri for the piece on “State by State” are up now at Jacket Copy.
The photo above is from a 1977 newspaper clipping from the Narragansett Times. Girl Scout troop 850 was helping to sell postcards for the historical jail building. I can’t decide what my favorite part is: the fact that it’s a fallout shelter, or that the jail guy looks really uncomfortable surrounded by a bunch of Girl Scouts.
In the picture:
Top row: Anne Wright, Glenda Vittimberga, Dee Dee Sormanti
Second row: Natasha Dornberg, Karen Kelly, Erica Lawson, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sarah Bergfalk
Third row: Debbie McNab, Carolyn Kellogg, Julie Conway
Bottom row: Cindi Conway
Why do I remember these names so clearly, when there are people from college I don’t even recognize? Must’ve been the beer.
Maybe King Philip’s War was necessary and proper if it made this photo possible!