Interviews
Interviews
This interview was first published in The Hindu in September 2020
A portrait of the moment with Hari Kunzru
The British novelist talks about his sixth and latest novel, Red Pill, and why writing this intense story of privacy, surveillance, and paranoia was therapeutic
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This interview was first published in Pacific Standard in March 2018
Dominika Baran on the myth of English as America’s national language
The Duke University linguistics professor talks about her book ‘Language in Immigrant America’, and the power of language in determining inclusion
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This interview was first published in LiveMint in January 2017
You can’t appreciate the greatest book if the translation is rubbish: Deborah Smith
Man Booker Prize International 2015 winner Deborah Smith on how she chose to be a translator six years ago, and whether she could ever write her own novel
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This interview was first published in LiveMint in December 2016
Jeff Kinney: The writer of long form comics
The author of ‘Diary Of A Wimpy Kid’, on why the series can’t do without the artwork; how being an international bestseller has influenced his writing
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This interview was first published in LiveMint in January 2017
Alan Hollinghurst on writing queer subjects
Booker-winner Alan Hollighurst recommends novels by Ronald Firbank and Edmund White, and talks about the likely intersectionality of minority causes in
Donald Trump’s America
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