Mishika Narula and Srisruthi Ramesh, cofounders of Brown Girl Bookshelf, guest-hosted the week of Dec 6-10, 2021 at Desi Books.
Category: #DesiBooksCollabs
Occasionally, there are projects with other literary organizations, venues, or individuals. This includes guest-hosting. The goal is always to spotlight the work already being done at Desi Books. If you’d like to collaborate on a literary event or project, please use the contact page. Thank you.
#DesiBooks10QA: Annika Sharma on how to manage being held to higher standards as a writer of color
#FiveDesiFaves: Mishika Narula and Srisruthi Ramesh of Brown Girl Bookshelf share their recent favorites
Hello and welcome to Episode 63 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. In today's #FiveDesiFaves episode, we have Mishika Narula and Srisruthi Ramesh of Brown Girl Bookshelf sharing their recently-read favorite desi books by Anuk Arudpragasam, Rafia Zakaria, SJ Sindu, and Fatima Farheen Mirza.
#DesiLitBiz: Mishika Narula and Srisruthi Ramesh, cofounders of Brown Girl Bookshelf, on the work they do to uplift South Asian creators
#DesiReads: Nandana Sen reads from her English translation of Nabaneeta Dev Sen’s Bengali poetry collection, Acrobat
Hello and welcome to Episode 62 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. This entire week, we have the brilliant ladies from Brown Girl Bookshelf as guest hosts. In #DesiReads today, they're introducing a reading by the writer and translator, Nandana Sen, from her new poetry translation, Acrobat. This is a collection of poems originally written in Bengali by the acclaimed Nabaneeta Dev Sen. Before I hand over to them, here's a quick introduction to our wonderful guest hosts: Mishika Narula and Srisruthi Ramesh of Brown Girl Bookshelf.
#DesiCraftChat: Rafia Zakaria on how feminism can be more egalitarian and diverse
Hello and welcome to Episode 61 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. This entire week, we have the brilliant ladies from Brown Girl Bookshelf as guest hosts. Today, they'll be talking with Rafia Zakaria about her groundbreaking book, Against White Feminism. Before I hand over to them, here's a quick introduction to our wonderful guest hosts: Mishika Narula and Srisruthi Ramesh of Brown Girl Bookshelf.
#DesiBooksCollabs: A Conversation with Jenn Baker of Minorities in Publishing
Hello and welcome to Episode 30 of Desi Books — news and views about desi literature from the world over. Today's episode is a special collaboration with another podcast, Minorities in Publishing, which is run by Jenn Baker. I met Jenn online because of the amazing work she's been doing for years for minorities within the publishing industry. Currently, she is an editor at Amistad Books, which is a HarperCollins division and imprint focusing on books by and about Black people throughout the diaspora.