This is an audio and text episode where a writer, poet, or translator shares their five favorite books by other writers, poets, or translators of South Asian origin.
Also, each month, we do a roundup of the five most popular features on the website and across other platforms as “Community Favorites”.
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These are the latest features. To see the entire archive of #FiveDesiFaves, click here.
- #FiveDesiFaves: Sorayya Khan on the books to which she owes a substantial debt
- #FiveDesiFaves: Vaishnavi Patel on the books that speak to who she is as a reader and writer
- #FiveDesiFaves: Shafik Meghji shares the desi books that have influenced his travel writing
- #FiveDesiFaves: Neema Avashia on the five nonfiction books that have shaped her life and work
- #FiveDesiFaves: Mishika Narula and Srisruthi Ramesh of Brown Girl Bookshelf share their recent favorites
- #FiveDesiFaves: Zilka Joseph shares her favorite books of poetry and hybrid essays
- #FiveDesiFaves: Vaseem Khan shares his favorite desi crime fiction works
- #FiveDesiFaves: Vidhu Aggarwal’s favorite diasporic works of speculative poetics and alternative fantasy
- #FiveDesiFaves Roundup: Historical Fiction
- #FiveDesiFaves Roundup: #MangoDiscourse
- #FiveDesiFaves Roundup: Literary Translations
- #FiveDesiFaves Roundup: Women and Travel
Go to the full #FiveDesiFaves archive.
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