Original sentence: " Lahiri grew up in Kingston, Rhode Island, where her father worked as a librarian at the University of Rhode Island; the protagonist in one of Lahiri's short stories, "The Third and Final Continent" in her first book, Interpreter of Maladies, is based on her father.In 2001, Lahiri married Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush, a journalist who was then Deputy Editor of TIME Latin America (and is now Executive Editor of El Diario/La Prensa, New York's largest Spanish daily and America's fastest growing newspaper).Lahiri recalled, "I always felt so embarrassed by my name... You feel like you're causing someone pain just by being who you are.Lahiri taught creative writing at Boston University and the Rhode Island School of Design.Lahiri's mother wanted her children to grow up knowing of their Bengali heritage, and her family often visited relatives in Calcutta (now Kolkata).She took up a fellowship at Provincetown's Fine Arts Work Center, which lasted for the next two years (1997–1998)
Edited sentence: " Lahiri grew up in Kingston, Rhode Island, where her father worked as a librarian at the University of Rhode Island; he is the basis for the protagonist in "The Third and Final Continent," the closing story from Interpreter of Maladies.In 2001, Lahiri married Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush, a journalist who was then Deputy Editor of TIME Latin America (and now Executive Editor of El Diario/La Prensa, New York's largest Spanish daily and America's fastest growing newspaper).Lahiri has taught creative writing at Boston University and the Rhode Island School of Design.Lahiri recalled, "I always felt so embarrassed by my name.... You feel like you're causing someone pain just by being who you are.Lahiri's mother wanted her children to grow up knowing their Bengali heritage, and her family often visited relatives in Calcutta (now Kolkata).She took a fellowship at Provincetown's Fine Arts Work Center, which lasted for the next two years (1997–1998)