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Free speech is the biggest value I believe in: Orhan Pamuk
Book Reviews, Interviews Vangmayi Parakala 10/14/22 Book Reviews, Interviews Vangmayi Parakala 10/14/22

Free speech is the biggest value I believe in: Orhan Pamuk

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Possessing more than one language has never harmed anyone: Geetanjali Shree
Interviews, Literary Culture, Book Reviews Vangmayi Parakala 4/15/22 Interviews, Literary Culture, Book Reviews Vangmayi Parakala 4/15/22

Possessing more than one language has never harmed anyone: Geetanjali Shree

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With 'Run and Hide', writer Pankaj Mishra returns as a novelist
Book Reviews, Interviews, Literary Culture Vangmayi Parakala 2/19/22 Book Reviews, Interviews, Literary Culture Vangmayi Parakala 2/19/22

With 'Run and Hide', writer Pankaj Mishra returns as a novelist

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A portrait of the moment: Hari Kunzru on 'Red Pill'
Interviews Vangmayi Parakala 9/13/20 Interviews Vangmayi Parakala 9/13/20

A portrait of the moment: Hari Kunzru on 'Red Pill'

The British novelist talks about his new novel, Red Pill, and why writing this intense story of privacy, surveillance and paranoia was therapeutic

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Art, Interviews Vangmayi Parakala 1/18/20 Art, Interviews Vangmayi Parakala 1/18/20

MoMA's grand reopening: An interview with Glenn D Lowry

With a curation that encourages detours, digressions and complete immersion, can the recently-reopened Museum of Modern Art in New York be a blueprint for others?

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Drag addresses so much more than gender: Lush Monsoon
Human Interest, Interviews Vangmayi Parakala 5/23/19 Human Interest, Interviews Vangmayi Parakala 5/23/19

Drag addresses so much more than gender: Lush Monsoon

Meet Lush Monsoon, a drag queen, who in her day job is Ayushman, a 27-year-old housing rights lawyer in Delhi

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'The myth of English as America's national language': A conversation with Dominika Baran
Literary Culture, Policy, Interviews Vangmayi Parakala 3/23/18 Literary Culture, Policy, Interviews Vangmayi Parakala 3/23/18

'The myth of English as America's national language': A conversation with Dominika Baran

The Duke University linguistics professor talks about her new book, and the power of language in determining inclusion.

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Alan Hollinghurst on writing queer subjects
Interviews, Literary Culture Vangmayi Parakala 1/26/17 Interviews, Literary Culture Vangmayi Parakala 1/26/17

Alan Hollinghurst on writing queer subjects

Booker-winner Alan Hollighurst recommends the novels of Ronald Firbank and Edmund White, and thinks out loud about the likely intersectionality of minority causes in Donald Trump’s America

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You can't appreciate the greatest books if the translation is rubbish: Deborah Smith
Interviews, Literary Culture Vangmayi Parakala 1/24/17 Interviews, Literary Culture Vangmayi Parakala 1/24/17

You can't appreciate the greatest books 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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Jeff Kinney: The writer of longform comics
Interviews Vangmayi Parakala 12/8/16 Interviews Vangmayi Parakala 12/8/16

Jeff Kinney: The writer of longform comics

Jeff Kinney, the author of the hugely popular children’s book series ‘Diary Of A Wimpy Kid’, on why his stories would fall flat without the artwork in the books, and how being an international bestseller has influenced his writing 

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