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#FiveDesiFaves Roundup: Community Favorites for November 2021
Here’s a look at November’s #FiveDesiFaves that you all, the Desi Books community, made popular. Thank you.
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#DesiLitBiz Community Question: On genre-switching as an emerging writer
This is a series within the #DesiLitBiz channel to answer questions from the Desi Books community about writing, translating, publishing, the book biz, the literary life, etc. Where feasible, other desi writers, translators, or publishing professionals will be invited to share their expertise/advice as well. Go to https://bit.ly/desilitbizquestion to send in your question. This week,…
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#DesiReads: Amish Trivedi reads from his poetry collection, FuturePanic
Hello and welcome to Episode 60 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. Today, in the #DesiReads segment, we have Amish Trivedi reading from his latest poetry collection, FuturePanic.
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#DesiCraftChat: Kirthana Ramisetti on how journalism helped her write a novel about music and an older woman protagonist
Hello and welcome to Episode 59 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 #DesiCraftChat, we have Kirthana Ramisetti discussing her debut novel, Dava Shastri’s Last Day. In this conversation, we talked about the challenges of creating older women…
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#DesiBooks10QA: Torsa Ghosal on how the literary imagination influences thought and perception
Torsa Ghosal discusses her new book, Out of Mind: Mode, Mediation, and Cognition in Twenty-First-Century Narrative, and her own favorite desi books on #DesiBooks10QA.
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#DesiLitBiz: Arvin Ram on running Townie Books and why indie bookstores matter more than ever
Arvin Ram discusses Townie Books, a bookstore he co-owns with his wife, Danica, in Crested Butte, CO, on #DesiLitBiz.
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#DesiReads: Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar reads from her flash collection, Morsels of Purple
Hello and welcome to Episode 58 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. Today, in the #DesiReads segment, we have Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar reading from her debut flash fiction collection, Morsels of Purple.
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#DesiCraftChat: Mayukh Sen on cultural politics and historiography in the American food industry
Hello and welcome to Episode 57 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 #DesiCraftChat, we have Mayukh Sen discussing their new book, Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America. In this conversation, we talked about…
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#DesiBooks10QA: Aruni Kashyap on writing to an absence and holding the state accountable
Aruni Kashyap discusses her new poetry collection, There Is No Good Time for Bad News, and his own favorite desi books on #DesiBooks10QA.
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#FiveDesiFaves: Zilka Joseph shares her favorite books of poetry and hybrid essays
Hello and welcome to Episode 55 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Today, in the #FiveDesiFaves segment, we have Zilka Joseph, who has a new poetry collection out titled In Our Beautiful Bones. She’s sharing her five favorite works of poetry and hybrid essays…
