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, twelve 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: Alexandra Watkins, Michelle de Kretser, Homi Bhabha, Klaus Stierstorfer, Amit Chaudhuri, Pavan Malreddy, Rukhsana Ahmad, Maryam Mirza, Shankari Chandran, Birte Heidemann, Neel Mukherjee, Anjali Joseph, Chris Ringrose, Michelle Cahill, Rajith Savanadasa, Mariam Pirbhai, Maryam Mirza, Mridula Koshy, Sehba Sarwar, Dr Angela Savage, Sulari Gentill.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Foreword by Janet Wilson
- Introduction
- 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 Halpé
- 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 Naïr 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
- About the Editors