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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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#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: 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.
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#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…
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#DesiBooks10QA: Harini Nagendra on the empowering fellowship of the crime-writing community
Harini Nagendra discusses her new novel, The Bangalore Detectives Club, and her own favorite desi books on #DesiBooks10QA.
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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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#DesiReads: Buddhisagar reads from his novel, Karnali Blues, and Michael Hutt reads from the English translation
Hello and welcome to Episode 72 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 Buddhisagar and Michael Hutt reading from Karnali Blues. They’ll be reading an excerpt in the original Nepali and then the…
