Writing from Modern India headlines the November 2010 issue of WLT, guest edited by Sudeep Sen, with contributions by over 30 writers, including Amit Chaudhuri, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Amitava Kumar, Arundhathi Subramaniam, and Vikram Seth as well as a list of 60 essential English-language works of modern Indian literature in the print edition. The issue also includes the following web exclusives:
* The complete text of “Palisades,” a short story by Beena Kamlani
* Additional poems by Anita Nair, Neelanjana Banerjee, Subodh Sarkar, Ashok Vajpeyi, J. P. Das, Daljit Nagra, Kazim Ali, and Anamika
* “The Tale of a Coward,” a short story by Bengali author Premendra Mitra, which served as the basis for Satyajit Ray’s 1965 film The Coward
* The full text of Ziaul Karim’s interview with Sudeep Sen
* Plus a bonus section celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of India’s Nobel Laureate in Literature, Rabindranath Tagore
To complement the focus on India, join the WLT Book Club discussion of Rajmahal, the second novel by Kamalini Sengupta. As the executive director of the Surya Trust, Sengupta filmed documentaries aiming to correct misconceptions about Indian life. In this month’s book club, you’ll find an interview with the author.
Additional highlights of the print edition include new poems by Clemens Setz (Austria), interviews with Aharon Appelfeld (Israel) and Rayda Jacobs (South Africa), and a short story by Sefi Atta (Nigeria/US). In an online bonus, Clemens Setz discusses the in-betweenness of writing both poetry and fiction in an interview with Peter Constantine.
In the final installment of our year-long series “Emerging Authors,” in which world-renowned writers were asked to introduce an author whose work they think deserves attention – and will gain prominence – in 2010 and beyond, Maxine Hong Kingston presents an excerpt from Benjamin Bac Sierra’s forthcoming novel, Barrio Bushido.
As always, notes on new books and book reviews from around the world are included along with “Nota Bene,” a listing of recent and recommended titles in our book review section, and the next installment in our Editor’s Choice selection, a series of recommended readings by WLT’s editorial staff.
More information here.
