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‘The Impossible Exile’ (Book Excerpt) by George Prochnik

by New Asian Writing • 07/07/2014 • 0 Comments
George Prochnik

George Prochnik is the author of The Impossible Exile (Other Press, 2014). He has taught English and American literature at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, is editor-at-large for Cabinet magazine, and is the author of In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise and Putnam Camp:…

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‘Maid’ by Ritika Pathak

by New Asian Writing • 06/07/2014 • 0 Comments

Short story selected for the 2014 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology Everyone called me Angoori and the name has stuck; I never questioned its origin. I can still remember the day when my life changed completely. My uncle Rajgopal…

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‘Wasted Lines’ by Tina Mukerji Mehta

by New Asian Writing • 06/07/2014 • 0 Comments
Tina Mukherjee Mehta

Poet’s Bio: Tina Mukerji Mehta has been a screenwriter and content writer for nearly a decade,  and has also been a juror in numerous Film Festivals and Screenwriting Competitions, Endas Screenplay Competition and JNU Filmfest. She has worked with auteurs like…

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‘Ontological Musings’ by Tina Mukerji Mehta

by New Asian Writing • 06/07/2014 • 0 Comments
Tina Mukherjee Mehta

Poet’s Bio: Tina Mukerji Mehta has been a screenwriter and content writer for nearly a decade,  and has also been a juror in numerous Film Festivals and Screenwriting Competitions, Endas Screenplay Competition and JNU Filmfest. She has worked with auteurs like…

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‘The World is Dreams’ by Tina Mukerji Mehta

by New Asian Writing • 06/07/2014 • 0 Comments
Tina Mukherjee Mehta

Poet’s Bio: Tina Mukerji Mehta has been a screenwriter and content writer for nearly a decade,  and has also been a juror in numerous Film Festivals and Screenwriting Competitions, Endas Screenplay Competition and JNU Filmfest. She has worked with auteurs like…

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‘Sparrow’ by Karishma Khanna

by New Asian Writing • 06/07/2014 • 0 Comments

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…

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‘The Bitch’ by Ritika Pathak

by New Asian Writing • 05/07/2014 • 0 Comments

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…

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‘On Dating a Virtual African Woman’ by Rahul Sharma

by New Asian Writing • 05/07/2014 • 0 Comments
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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…

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‘Geography of Tongues’ (Book Excerpt) by Shikha Malaviya

by New Asian Writing • 04/07/2014 • 0 Comments
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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…

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‘Live@Five’ by Larry Brill (Book Excerpt)

by New Asian Writing • 03/07/2014 • 0 Comments
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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…

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‘The Esperanza Fire’ by John Maclean (Book Excerpt)

by New Asian Writing • 02/07/2014 • 0 Comments
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John Maclean was a writer, editor, and reporter for the Chicago Tribune for 30 years before he resigned his job there in 1995 to write Fire on the Mountain. Maclean was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1943, the second of two children. An avid fly-fisherman,…

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