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#DesiBooksDiscourse: Food/Food Writing as a Social Justice and Resistance Tool
Hello and welcome to Episode 75 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. Thank you for tuning in. In this #DesiBooksDiscourse episode, we have Madhushree Ghosh, Anjali Enjeti, and Aruni Kashyap discussing ‘Food/Food Writing as a Social Justice and Resistance Tool’, including how South Asian writers continue to highlight social…
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#DesiBooksDiscourse: Being an Editor and a Poet: The Dichotomy and the Communion
Hello and welcome to Episode 74 of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. Thank you for tuning in. In our second #DesiBooksDiscourse episode, we have the poets Kashiana Singh, Ralph Nazareth, and Indran Amirthanayagam discussing what it’s like to be an editor and a poet and the various dichotomies and…
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#DesiBooks10QA: Aamina Ahmad on how growing up around desi artist communities inspired her
Aamina Ahmad discusses her new novel, The Return of Faraz Ali, and her own favorite desi books on #DesiBooks10QA.
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#FiveDesiFaves: Shafik Meghji shares the desi books that have influenced his travel writing
Hello and welcome to Episode 71of Desi Books—news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Today, in the #FiveDesiFaves segment, we Shafik Meghji, who has a new book out: Crossed off the Map: Travels in Bolivia. He discusses the five desi books that have influenced and inspired his…
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#DesiBooksReview 2: Nikesh Shukla on Literary Lineage
#DesiBooksReview Issue 2 Feature Essay by Nikesh Shukla on Literary Lineage (excerpted from Your Story Matters)
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#DesiBooksReview 2: The Urdu Afsana Meets the Anglophone Short Story in Farah Ali’s Debut
Talib Jabbar reviews Farah Ali’s story collection, People Want to Live.
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#FiveDesiFaves: Neema Avashia on the five nonfiction books that have shaped her life and work
Hello and welcome to Episode 70 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 Neema Avashia who has a new book out: Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place. She’s sharing the five desi books…
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#DesiCraftChat: Tanaïs on creating new pathways to tell stories and histories and honor literary lineage
Hello and welcome to Episode 69 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 Tanaïs discussing their new memoir, In Sensorium. In this conversation, we talked about creating new pathways to tell our individual stories and…
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#DesiReads: SJ Sindu reads from their hybrid collection, Dominant Genes
Hello and welcome to Episode 68 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 SJ Sindu reading from their latest hybrid collection, Dominant Genes.
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#DesiCraftChat: Wajahat Ali on living with one foot in the American dream and one in the American nightmare
Hello and welcome to Episode 66 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 Wajahat Ali discussing his . In this conversation, we talked about how literary translation can help bring languages and cultures closer, the…
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