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#DesiReads: Rohan Chhetri reads from his poetry collection, Lost, Hurt, or in Transit Beautiful
Hello and welcome to Episode 51 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 Rohan Chhetri reading from his latest poetry collection, Lost, Hurt, or in Transit Beautiful.
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#DesiCraftChat: Venkat Srinivasan on the fascinating circumstances of the birth of India’s states and union territories
Hello and welcome to Episode 50 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 Venkat Srinivasan discussing his book, The Origin Story of India’s States. In this conversation, we talked about the genesis of the book,…
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#DesiBooks10QA: Anita Goveas on a new anthology from UK writers of the global majority
Anita Goveas discusses the new anthology, Where We Find Ourselves, and her own favorite desi books in #DesiBooks10QA.
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#FiveDesiFaves: Vidhu Aggarwal’s favorite diasporic works of speculative poetics and alternative fantasy
Hello and welcome to Episode 49 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 Vidhu Aggarwal who has a hybrid poetry collection out titled Daughter Isotope. She’s sharing her #FiveDesiFaves: diasporic works of speculative poetics and alternative fantasy by…
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#DesiLitBiz Community Question: On coming to writing later in life
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: Sheniz Janmohamed reads from her poetry collection, Reminders on the Path
Hello and welcome to Episode 48 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 Sheniz Mohamed reading from her latest poetry collection, Reminders on the Path.
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#DesiBooks10QA: Usman T. Malik on fable, fantasy, and the limitless imagination
Usman T. Malik discusses his latest book, Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan, and his own favorite desi books in #DesiBooks10QA.
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#FiveDesiFaves Roundup: Historical Fiction
This week’s #FiveDesiFaves is a roundup of six recently-featured works of historical fiction: China Room by Sunjeev Sahota; Silent Winds, Dry Seas by Vinod Busjeet; The Begum and the Dastan by Tarana Husain Khan; A Play for the End of the World by Jai Chakrabarti; The Grand Anicut by Veena Muthuraman; The Thinnai by Ari…
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#DesiLitBiz: Sangeeta Mehta on book editing and diversity and equity in publishing
Sangeeta Mehta discusses book editing and working within the American publishing industry on #DesiLitBiz.
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#DesiReads: Shilpi Malinowski reads from Shaw, Ledroit Park and Bloomingdale in Washington, DC: An Oral History
Hello and welcome to Episode 47 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 Shilpi Malinowski reading from her debut book, Shaw, Ledroit Park and Bloomingdale in Washington, DC: An Oral History.
