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Title

Creative lives : interviews with contemporary south Asian diaspora writers / Chandani Lokuge and Chris Ringrose (eds.) ; with a foreword by Janet Wilson

Publication

Stuttgart : Ibidem-Verlag, [2021]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lokugé, Chandani
• Ringrose, Chris
• Wilson, Janet

Description

275 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

"South Asian diasporic writing--poetry, fiction, literary theory, and drama by writers from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka now living in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the USA--is one of the most vibrant areas of contemporary world literature. In this volume, eighteen acclaimed writers from this tradition are interviewed by experts in the field about their political, thematic, and personal concerns as well as their working methods and the publishing scene. The book also includes an authoritative introduction to the field, and essays on each writer and interviewer. The interviewers and interviewees are: Rukhsana Ahmad, Maryam Mirza, Michelle Cahill, Chris Ringrose, Shankari Chandran, Birte Heidemann, Amit Chaudhuri, Pavan Kumar Malreddy, R. Cheran, Aparna Halpé, Suneeta Peres da Costa, Reshmi Lahiri-Roy, Sulari Gentill, Angela Savage, Romesh Gunesekera, Susheila Nasta, Kaiser Haq, Mohammad A. Quayum, Tabish Khair, Mridula Koshy, Neel Mukherjee, Anjali Joseph, Karthika Naïr, Laetitia Zecchini, Mariam Pirbhai, Sehba Sarwar, Rajith Savanadasa, Alexandra Watkins, Sungchuk Kyi, Ruth Gamble, Samrat Upadhyay, and Prakash Subedi." --Amazon.com.

Series Statement

Studies in World literature ; v. 9

Uniform Title

Studies in world literature ; v. 9.

Subject

• Literature > History and criticism
• Asian diaspora > Interviews
• Asian Americans in literature
• Asian diaspora

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Interviews.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Genres, Languages, Voices: Rukhsana Ahmad in Conversation with Maryam Mirza -- The Aesthetics of Fragmentation: Michelle Cahill in Conversation with Chris Ringrose -- Writing One Reality, Returning to Another: Shankari Chandran in Conversation with Birte Heidemann -- In a State of Indifference: Amit Chaudhuri in Conversation with Pavan Kumar Malreddy -- Poetry as Radical Resistance: R. Cheran in Conversation with Aparna Halpe -- An Infinity of Traces: Suneeta Peres da Costa in Conversation with Reshmi Lahiri-Roy -- The Delicious Indulgences of Writing: Sulari Gentill in Conversation with Angela Savage -- "An Island Is a World": Romesh Gunesekera in Conversation with Susheila Nasta -- A Highbrow "Hijra": Kaiser Haq in Conversation with Mohammad A. Quayum -- Nomadic Thinking: Tabish Khair in Conversation with Pavan Kumar Malreddy -- Reading, Writing and the Contours of Power: Mridula Koshy in Conversation with Maryam Mirza -- "To Want to Know the World, to Look Outward": Neel Mukherjee in Conversation with Anjali Joseph -- Before the Battle: Karthika Nair in Conversation with Laetitia Zecchini -- Remapping Canada: Mariam Pirbhai in Conversation with Maryam Mirza -- "I Ground Myself in Multiple Spaces": Sehba Sarwar in Conversation with Maryam Mirza -- The Processes of Fiction, Theatre and Life: Rajith Savanadasa in Conversation with Alexandra Watkins -- Where Politics and Climate Meet: Sungchuk Kyi in Conversation with Ruth Gamble -- Places and Proximities: Samrat Upadhyay in Conversation with Prakash Subedi.

ISBN

• 3838215443
• 9783838215440

OCLC

• 1225068180
• on1225068180

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library