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Part-I Glass/Fire, my latest book, will be out on November 22, 2024. It is a small book with a small press seeking a small readership. But, and I say this with emphasis, it has a big ambition; meaning, it tries many things — among them are innovative story structures, offbeat and sensitive themes, woman-centric approach, and the way it…
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If you are a writer and not living under a rock, something or the other about the Alice Munro controversy has since reached you. Do you really care about the ‘personal’ being mixed with the ‘public life’ of a writer? Or if the creative choices are guided and informed by private relationships? Or is writing,…
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Because story-telling is both art & science, a writer may strive to use the right blend of history, culture, language, and colors of a place to enrich the narrative, and thus mold a piece in the best of what’s available and unique to the writer’s sensibilities. This fertile ground is made use of by many…
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2022 actually began before it began, because in the last week of 2021, while I was away holidaying, I applied for and was offered the columnist’s position in trampset. Earlier still, I responded to a contributors-only call for regular columnists at Reckon Review and was warmly welcomed into the fold. Obviously charged up about the…
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Originally posted on Fevers of the Mind: “Anatomy of a Storm-Weathered Quaint Townspeople” by Mandira Pattnaik The twenty poems of this debut collection illustrate a world of simple people with complicated undercurrents. Drawn together through hardship, toil, and natural disaster, they strive to find strength and joy in one another. “Anatomy of a Storm-Weathered Quaint…
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Originally posted on Fevers of the Mind: Q1: When did you start writing and who influenced you the most? Mandira: My first publication, a poem, was in a national daily when I was in middle school. Then for over 20 years I didn’t write anything. Life events prompted me to return to writing and now…
