Interview
The Idea Is to Reclaim What The Text Is, Not to Invent a New Text: Meena Kandasamy on Her Feminist Translation of a Tamil Classic
Kunzum speaks with Meena Kandasamy about her latest book—a feminist translation of a Tamil classic—her tools of activism, artificial intelligence, her next poetry collection, and the writers and books that have shaped her craft.
I Don’t Want to Feel Guilty for Not Taking Care of an Object: Award-Winning Author Ruth Ozeki on Letting Go of Things
From Chinese fortune cookies to scissors, unusual objects possess a voice in Ruth Ozeki’s latest novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness. Curious, we approached Ozeki to understand her writing process, relationship with objects, obsession with libraries and bookstores, and Buddhist approach to life.
Every Obituary Is a Hurried Piece of Literature: Anees Salim
Anees Salim opens up to Kunzum about his Facebook alter-ego, his obsession with waterbodies, the recurring themes of death and hopelessness in his novels, and, of course, The Bellboy.
“It’s Like a Return to a Home That I Was Never Able to Claim as My Own”: Amitabha Bagchi on the Hindi Translation of his Novel
Winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature in 2019, Half the Night is Gone is Amitabha Bagchi’s third and arguably most popular novel. The author speaks with Kunzum about the book and its new Hindi translation, his literary influences and recommended reads.
“The Murder at the Heart of Black River Felt Like a Personal Loss”: Nilanjana S. Roy Talks about Delhi and Her Latest Novel
Author and former journalist Nilanjana S. Roy talks to Kunzum about the many facets of Delhi, her latest book, the biggest literary influences on her craft, and her next novel.
“I’ve written a crime novel because I wanted to read a specific kind in India and wasn’t able to find it”: Tanuj Solanki on his new book
Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar winner Tanuj Solanki answers all our questions about his latest novel, Manjhi’s Mayhem: from his genre shift to doing justice to a Dalit POV and his crime-writing inspirations.
Writing a Sequel to a Pulitzer Prize Winner: Less is Lost, But Andrew Sean Greer is Not
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less, Andrew Sean Greer went against industry advice to release a sequel this year: Less is Lost. He talks about his writing process, character inspirations, favourite LGBTQIA+ books, and much more.