Amitava Kumar is Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College. He is the author of A Matter of Rats: A Short Biography of Patna, A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb, and Nobody Does the Right Thing, all also published by Duke University Press.
Amitava Kumar is Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College. He is the author of A Matter of Rats: A Short Biography of Patna, A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb, and Nobody Does the Right Thing, all also published by Duke University Press.
Amitava Kumar is Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College. He is the author of A Matter of Rats: A Short Biography of Patna, A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb, and Nobody Does the Right Thing, all also published by Duke University Press.
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Author's Note xi Part I. Reading 1. Paper 3 2. My Hanif Kureishi Life 14 3. The Map of My Village 29 4. The Poetry of Gujarat Riots 32 5. Conversation with Arundhati Roy 37 6. Salman Rushdie and Me 51 7. Bad News 58 Part II. Writing 8. How to Write a Novel 79 9. Reading Like a Writer 84 10. Writing My Own Satya 97 11. Dead Bastards 106 12. The Writer as a Father 110 13. Ten Rules of Writing 119 Part III. Places 14. Mofussil Junction 127 15. A Collaboration in Kashmir 132 16. At the Jaipur Literature Festival 141 17. Hotel Leeward 146 18. The Mines of Jadugoda 151 19. Upon Arrival in the Past 155 20. Bookstores of New York 162 Part IV. People 21. Lunch with a Bigot 169 22. The Boxer on the Flight 183 23. Amartya's Birth 187 24. The Taxi Drivers of New York 192 25. On Being Brown in America 196 26. Missing Person 201 Index 213
Author's Note xi Part I. Reading 1. Paper 3 2. My Hanif Kureishi Life 14 3. The Map of My Village 29 4. The Poetry of Gujarat Riots 32 5. Conversation with Arundhati Roy 37 6. Salman Rushdie and Me 51 7. Bad News 58 Part II. Writing 8. How to Write a Novel 79 9. Reading Like a Writer 84 10. Writing My Own Satya 97 11. Dead Bastards 106 12. The Writer as a Father 110 13. Ten Rules of Writing 119 Part III. Places 14. Mofussil Junction 127 15. A Collaboration in Kashmir 132 16. At the Jaipur Literature Festival 141 17. Hotel Leeward 146 18. The Mines of Jadugoda 151 19. Upon Arrival in the Past 155 20. Bookstores of New York 162 Part IV. People 21. Lunch with a Bigot 169 22. The Boxer on the Flight 183 23. Amartya's Birth 187 24. The Taxi Drivers of New York 192 25. On Being Brown in America 196 26. Missing Person 201 Index 213
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