Tishani Doshi
Tishani Doshi is a poet, novelist and dancer based in Chennai. Her latest book is Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods
‘I like poetry because I can write about the essence of things,’ says Ali Cobby Eckermann
Aboriginal poet and author Ali Cobby Eckermann records the importance of ritual and recognition
Rachel Kushner: ‘For me, judgement is a wall and understanding is on the other side of that wall’
Issues of visibility and invisibility form the crux of Rachel Kushner’s bold and heartbreaking novels
Gary Shteyngart: ‘I love characters in decline’
The new novel by Gary Shteyngart's Lake Success is more ouch-funny than ha-ha funny
AM Homes: Where Weird is Wonderful
AM Homes, a master of suburban Gothic noir, explores the existential question of how to live and how to be
Deborah Levy: ‘A book without desire is a depressed book’
Deborah Levy, author of ‘living autobiographies’, feels happiest by the ocean and in a room of her own
Margo Jefferson: ‘You find ways to subvert White femininity in order to survive’
Margo Jefferson’s memoir about growing up as an elite African-American woman moves between femininity and feminism without getting polemical on either
Aminatta Forna: ‘Writing can drive you mad’
Aminatta Forna and the impossibility of happiness
Siri Hustvedt: Artists Are Cannibals
Novelist, poet and essayist, Siri Hustvedt is an intimidating figure in her books as well as in her exploration of ideas
Leila Slimani: The New Global Literary Star
Her literary whydunnit has won France’s highest award for fiction and international acclaim. Leila Slimani, the author of Lullaby (The Perfect Nanny in the US), discusses her art and ideas with Tishani Doshi