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Padma Viswanathan

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Dedicate Your No-Trump Vote: Padma Viswanathan

  • Padma Viswanathan
  • September 26, 2016
Is it that she is an immigrant to the US and was an immigrant to Canada before that, a brown woman on both sides of the border, viewed with suspicion that sometimes gets explicit?
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The Ever After of Ashwin Rao by Padma Viswanathan

  • Parul Kapur Hinzen
  • June 25, 2015
Parul Kapur Hinzen reviews The Ever After of Ashwin Rao by Padma Viswanathan today in Rumpus Books.
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Next Letter in the Mail: Padma Viswanathan

  • The Rumpus
  • September 26, 2014
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from writer Padma Viswanathan! In her letter, Padma writes about her aim as a writer and…
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The Rumpus Interview with Ania Szado

  • Padma Viswanathan
  • March 19, 2014
Canadian writer Ania Szado discusses the influence of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and The Little Prince on her latest novel, Studio Saint-Ex, and developing characters based on personal insecurities.
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The Rumpus Interview with Catherine Bush

  • Padma Viswanathan
  • December 3, 2013
Canadian novelist Catherine Bush discusses the powers—and lives—of accusation, the close relationship between work and character, and the role of the social circus, at home and in the developing world.
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The Rumpus Interview with Jennifer Cody Epstein

  • Padma Viswanathan
  • March 25, 2013
Novelist Jennifer Cody Epstein discusses her new book, The Gods of Heavenly Punishment, and explores representations of morality, how to address public acts of political violence, and the ramifications of war.
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The Rumpus Interview with Kristín Ómarsdóttir

  • Padma Viswanathan
  • September 27, 2012
Icelandic poet, novelist, and playwright Kristín Ómarsdóttir discusses her 2004 novel, Children in Reindeer Woods, which was recently translated into English.
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Reading in the New Year

  • Andrew Altschul
  • January 1, 2011
Welcome to 2011! What do we call this decade, anyway? Who will win the Super Bowl? What will become of health care reform? How many New York City snowplows does…
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A Paradise Built in Hell: The Rumpus Interview With Rebecca Solnit

  • Padma Viswanathan
  • August 7, 2009
To read one of [Solnit's] books is to slap your forehead and say, “How could I, and everyone else, have missed this?”
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We Are Each Other’s Spiders

  • Padma Viswanathan
  • April 29, 2009
Burnt Shadows is the most admirable new novel I have read in a long time, a work of astonishing naturalism, wisdom, and grace.
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The Mercy Papers: A Memoir of Three Weeks

  • Padma Viswanathan
  • March 2, 2009
It’s a tricky thing, a memoir of a death: you know how it’s going to end. The challenge for the writer (not only with regard to the conclusion) is making…
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