These are 30-45 minute segments to discuss a recent book with a desi writer, poet, or translator with a focus on aspects of their craft as it relates to this book and more.
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- #DesiCraftChat: N. Kalyan Raman on translating Vaasanthi’s Breaking Free and all that a translator brings to a text
- #DesiCraftChat: Nandita Dinesh on how the hybrid, nonlinear novel form helped her write about the effects of war
- #DesiCraftChat: Devi S. Laskar on what’s changed (or not) for older women writers of color
- #DesiCraftChat: Vauhini Vara on why she ended her novel with a question about human ambition
- #DesiCraftChat: Tanaïs on creating new pathways to tell stories and histories and honor literary lineage
- #DesiCraftChat: Rita Kothari on decoding cultural and sociopolitical issues through literary translation
- #DesiCraftChat: Wajahat Ali on living with one foot in the American dream and one in the American nightmare
- #DesiCraftChat: Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma on the inner journey of a literary translator
- #DesiCraftChat: Manu Pillai on spotlighting those who’ve been footnoted in history
- #DesiCraftChat: Rafia Zakaria on how feminism can be more egalitarian and diverse
- #DesiCraftChat: Kirthana Ramisetti on how journalism helped her write a novel about music and an older woman protagonist
- #DesiCraftChat: Mayukh Sen on cultural politics and historiography in the American food industry
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