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#DesiBooksReview 3: N Kalyan Raman on Translation
#DesiBooksReview Issue 3 Feature Essay by N Kalyan Raman on Translation (excerpted from Breaking Free)
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#DesiBooksReview 3: Vaasanthi on Literary Lineage
#DesiBooksReview Issue 3 Feature Essay by Vaasanthi on Literary Lineage (excerpted from Breaking Free)
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#DesiBooks10QA: Naheed Phiroze Patel on being stubborn and unswayable to see a project through
Naheed Phiroze Patel discusses her new novel, Mirror Made of Rain, and her own favorite desi books on #DesiBooks10QA.
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#DesiBooksReco July 2022
This is a #DesiBooksReco roundup of July 2022 new and notable books by writers of South Asian origin.
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#DesiCraftChat: Devi S. Laskar on what’s changed (or not) for older women writers of color
Hello and welcome to Episode 80 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 Devi S. Laskar discussing her new novel, Circa, and writing in the second person, how fiction can show a possible path out…
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#DesiCraftChat: Vauhini Vara on why she ended her novel with a question about human ambition
Hello and welcome to Episode 79 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 Vauhini Vara discussing her debut novel, The Immortal King Rao, how she braided multiple storylines together, why she ended with a question…
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#FiveDesiFaves Roundup: Community Favorites for May 2022
Here’s a look at the #FiveDesiFaves for May 2022 that you all, the Desi Books community, made popular. Thank you.
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#FiveDesiFaves: Vaishnavi Patel on the books that speak to who she is as a reader and writer
Hello and welcome to Episode 78 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. Today, in the #FiveDesiFaves segment, we Vaishnavi Patel, who has a debut book out this year: Kaikeyi: A Novel. She discusses the five desi books that speak to who she is as a reader and writer. Spanning…
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#DesiLitBiz Community Question: On literary translation collaborations
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: Manini Nayar reads from her story collection, Being Here
Hello and welcome to Episode 77 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 Manini Nayar reading from her story collection, Being Here.
