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!