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Zen + The Lost Pianos of Siberia + King Kong Theory
Last week, a colleague asked me whether a certain feature is available on Substack “since you use it”. I’m pretty sure I must have winced in response…
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Yellowface and more
You know what’s most amusing about R.F. Kuang’s Yellowface? Imagining the legion of writers who, while reading the novel, would have felt they could…
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Old Babes in the Wood + Turn Every Page + More
I have friends coming over in about an hour, which you’d think is an indication that this is the wrong time to start writing — especially since this is…
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The Old Woman With the Knife + After Sappho + more
Earlier this month — it’s still November when I’m typing this. The last day and last hour of November perhaps, but still November — I was roaming around…
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Best of Friends + Treacle Walker + more
It’s firecracker night where I am, by which I mean it’s Diwali. Historically speaking, we South Asians are not really a firecracker culture — that would…
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The Satanic Verses + Glory: A Novel
Whatever you put next to this Rushdie novel is doomed to sound like a statement and/or social commentary.
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Best of 2022 (so far)
I'm baaaaaaack! How the hell is it July already...
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The Honey Month + the Teixcalaan series + Vladimir
In March — which seems like a year ago — I managed to sneak in the newsletter just before the last day of the month ended. Not so in April, even though…
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The Mere Wife + Red Carpet
In which the writer sneaks in the March newsletter *just* before the end of the month
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