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#DesiReads: Gaia Rajan reads from her poetry collection, Killing It
Hello and welcome to Episode 85 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 Gaia Rajan reading from her poetry collection, Killing It.
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#DesiBooks10QA: Nishant Batsha on participating in a conversation with desi writers from across the world
Nishant Batsha discusses his debut novel, Mother Earth Father Nation, and his own favorite desi books on #DesiBooks10QA.
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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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#DesiBooksReview 1: Dancing Around the Self
Shalvi Shah reviews Shruti Swamy’s The Archer.
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#DesiCraftChat: Mayukh Sen on cultural politics and historiography in the American food industry
Hello and welcome to Episode 57 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 Mayukh Sen discussing their new book, Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America. In this conversation, we talked about…
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#DesiBooks10QA: Aruni Kashyap on writing to an absence and holding the state accountable
Aruni Kashyap discusses her new poetry collection, There Is No Good Time for Bad News, and his own favorite desi books on #DesiBooks10QA.
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#DesiCraftChat: SJ Sindu on Hindu mythology in contemporary fiction and the loss of religion
Hello and welcome to Episode 53 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 SJ Sindu discussing their new novel, Blue-skinned Gods. In this conversation, we talked about the use of Hindu mythology in contemporary fiction,…
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#DesiLitBiz: Rohini Malur on the Write in Power anthology from The Hidden Pen Collective
Rohini Malur discusses the work being done by The Hidden Pen Collective, especially with their new anthology, Write in Power, on #DesiLitBiz.
