Pakistan
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Carrying the Stories of Our Ancestors: A Conversation with Anjali Enjeti
Anjali Enjeti discusses SOUTHBOUND and THE PARTED EARTH.
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Making a Shelter of Language: A Conversation with Bhaswati Ghosh
Bhaswati Ghosh discusses her debut novel, VICTORY COLONY, 1950.
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Eliminated to Illuminated: Tarfia Faizullah’s Registers of Illuminated Villages
Faizullah drills language for meaning.
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Jane Austen in Pakistan: A Conversation with Soniah Kamal
Soniah Kamal discusses her forthcoming novel, UNMARRIAGABLE.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #159: John Wray
“I think the material itself should be calling the shots.”
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
A weekly roundup of indie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
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Home Is Here
There is no singular Muslim story, no definitive identity for the entire religion. […] Here, four women discuss what it’s like to be a minority in America in 2017, post-9/11 and post-Trump.
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
A Kansas bookstore has sold a lot more than books to survive its 125 years. A French bookseller has turned a tiny house into a tiny bookstore and plans to travel the country selling books.
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All Writing Is Political: A Conversation with Mohsin Hamid
Mohsin Hamid discusses his new novel, Exit West, hope in fiction as a form of resistance, the necessity of learning to accept social change, and how much America and Pakistan have come to resemble each other.


