-
#DesiBooks10QA: Dur e Aziz Amna on writing unfettered from the burden of foreignness
Dur e Aziz Amna discusses her debut novel, American Fever, and her own favorite desi books on #DesiBooks10QA.
-
#DesiCraftChat: Nandita Dinesh on how the hybrid, nonlinear novel form helped her write about the effects of war
Hello and welcome to Episode 82 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 Nandita Dinesh discussing her debut novel, This Place That Place, and how the hybrid, nonlinear novel form helped her write about the…
-
#DesiReads: Namrata Patel reads from her debut novel, The Candid Life of Meena Dave
Hello and welcome to Episode 81 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 Namrata Patel reading from her debut novel, The Candid Life of Meena Dave.
-
#DesiBooksReview 3: Rama is a danger to foe and friend alike in the new Robert and Sally Goldman translation and the Vaishnavi Patel retelling
Rashi Rohatgi reviews Vaishnavi Patel’s Kaikeyi and The Ramayana of Valmiki, translated by Robert P Goldman and Sally J Sutherland Goldman.
-
#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.
-
#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…
-
#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…
-
#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.
-
#DesiBooksDiscourse: The Importance & Necessity of South Asian Women-centered Fiction
Hello and welcome to Episode 76 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. In this #DesiBooksDiscourse episode, we have the writers Sonya Singh, Sonya Lalli, and Mansi Shah discussing why South Asian women-centered fiction is important and necessary. They talk about their writing journeys—from refusing to give up while finding…