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Sarah Thankam Mathews, "All This Could Be Different" (Viking, 2022)
Sarah Thankam Mathews, "All This Could Be Different" (Viking, 2022)
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41 minutes
Released:
Sep 5, 2022
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Sarah Thankam Mathews grew up between Oman and India, immigrating to the United States at seventeen. She is a recipient of a Best American Short Stories 2020 award and fellowships from the Asian American Writers Workshop and the Iowa Writers Workshop. All This Could Be Different (Viking, 2022) is her first novel.
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Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers.
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Sarah’s Recommendations:
Halle Butler, The New Me
Akil Kumarasamy, Meet Us By the Roaring Sea
Dhumketu, The Shehnai Virtuoso
Sabrina Imbler, How Far the Light Reaches
Make a donation to Bed-Stuy Strong.
Chris Holmes is Chair of Literatures in English and Associate Professor at Ithaca College. He writes criticism on contemporary global literatures. His book, Kazuo Ishiguro as World Literature, is under contract with Bloomsbury Publishing. He is the co-director of The New Voices Festival, a celebration of work in poetry, prose, and playwriting by up-and-coming young writers.
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Released:
Sep 5, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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