Short story selected for the 2014 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Anshu sat on the footpath and cried. Back then, it seemed like a good idea. Soon, people at the streets looked at her and pointed her out to…
‘Sparrow’ by Karishma Khanna
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‘The Bitch’ by Ritika Pathak
Short story selected for the 2014 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology She was labelled a bitch. Of course, after two divorces, both initiated by her, she was viewed with suspicion. There is nothing more annoying than being a lowly…
‘On Dating a Virtual African Woman’ by Rahul Sharma
Short story selected for the 2014 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology I’m Roshan. After my third break-up, I was bitter and alone. As a working professional, I didn’t have much time to invest in clubs, discos or other places…
NAW Interview with Jennifer Nielsen
New York Times Bestselling author, Jennifer Nielsen, was born and raised in northern Utah, where she still lives today with her husband, three children, and a dog that won’t play fetch. She is the author of The Ascendance trilogy, beginning…
NAW Interview with Barbara De Leo
Barbara De Leo’s first book, co-written with her best friend, was a story about beauty queens in space. She was eleven, and the sole, handwritten copy was lost years ago, much to everyone’s relief. It’s some small miracle that she…
‘Geography of Tongues’ (Book Excerpt) by Shikha Malaviya
Shikha Malaviya considers herself a morpher, having been born in the U.K. and raised in the U.S. and India. She is founder of The (Great) Indian Poetry Project, an initiative to document, preserve and promote the legacy of modern Indian…
NAW Interview With Shikha Malaviya
Shikha Malaviya considers herself a morpher, having been born in the U.K. and raised in the U.S. and India. She is founder of The (Great) Indian Poetry Project, an initiative to document, preserve and promote the legacy of modern Indian…
NAW Interview with Eshwar Sundaresan
Eshwar Sundaresan is a Bangalore-based writer and a freelance journalist. He worked in the corporate industry before pursuing writing full time. Behind the silicon mask is his latest book. Visit him here. NAW- When did your literary journey begin? At what age…
‘Live@Five’ by Larry Brill (Book Excerpt)
Larry Brill was born and raised in San Jose,CA. He has a Journalism degree from San Jose State University and spent 25 years as a TV news anchor in Oregon, California, Colorado and Texas. He is the author of The Patterer and Live@Five. Read an excerpt…
NAW Interview with Larry Brill
Larry Brill was born and raised in San Jose,CA. He has a Journalism degree from San Jose State University and spent 25 years as a TV news anchor in Oregon, California, Colorado and Texas. He is the author of The Patterer and…
NAW Interview with James Kendley
James Kendley has written and edited professionally for more than 30 years, first as a newspaper reporter and editor, then as a copy editor and translator in Japan (where he taught for eight years at private colleges and universities), and currently…
NAW Interview with Gwendolyn Heasley
Gwendolyn Heasley is a graduate of Davidson College and earned master’s degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia and the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Gwendolyn lives in Naples, Florida, the setting of Don’t Call Me Baby, but still misses New York…