V.V. Ganeshananthan
@sugi.bsky.social
Writer. BROTHERLESS NIGHT: http://randomhousebooks.com/books/57844/
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Asking this seriously: has Bari Weiss ever in her career reported out an investigative story?
December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Asking this seriously: has Bari Weiss ever in her career reported out an investigative story?
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NEW EPISODE: Acclaimed fiction writer and long-time creative writing professor Elizabeth McCracken joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss her ninth book and first volume about craft, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction.
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Elizabeth McCracken on Writing About Writing, At Last
Acclaimed fiction writer and long-time creative writing professor Elizabeth McCracken joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V. V. Ganeshananthan to discuss her ninth book and first volume about craft,…
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December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW EPISODE: Acclaimed fiction writer and long-time creative writing professor Elizabeth McCracken joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss her ninth book and first volume about craft, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction.
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Apply to work in our great creative writing program!
The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus) invites applications for the Edelstein-Keller Endowed Visiting Writer Chairship: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus) invites applications for the Edelstein-Keller Endowed Visiting Writer Chairship: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
Careers
The Visiting Writer Chair will consult closely with, and work under the direction of, the Director and Assistant Director of Creative Writing on Edelstein-Keller annual programming. The programming is facilitated by staff support and agreed upon by the Creative Writing Program faculty.
hr.myu.umn.edu
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Apply to work in our great creative writing program!
The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus) invites applications for the Edelstein-Keller Endowed Visiting Writer Chairship: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus) invites applications for the Edelstein-Keller Endowed Visiting Writer Chairship: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
I was delighted to sit down with Deutschlandfunk Kultur and discuss the German language launch of Brotherless Night.
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Stimme aus Sri Lankas Diaspora: Die Autorin V.V. Ganeshananthan
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December 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I was delighted to sit down with Deutschlandfunk Kultur and discuss the German language launch of Brotherless Night.
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/stimme-aus-s...
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/stimme-aus-s...
So pleased to see "What We Hunger For," an anthology of diasporic writers on food and longing which I contributed to, featured in Lavender Magazine.
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A Word In Edgewise: Home and Hunger; Loss and Longing | Lavender Magazine
Have you ever travelled in foreign lands? When you do, are you adventurous, sampling the local cuisines, or do you frantically search for something well-kno ...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
So pleased to see "What We Hunger For," an anthology of diasporic writers on food and longing which I contributed to, featured in Lavender Magazine.
lavendermagazine.com/our-lives/a-...
lavendermagazine.com/our-lives/a-...
also still thinking of இலங்கை post-Ditwah. 💔
(what am I working on these days? a series of 💔 posts, apparently, since at present my hands, pretty wrecked this whole fall, will permit.)
(what am I working on these days? a series of 💔 posts, apparently, since at present my hands, pretty wrecked this whole fall, will permit.)
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
also still thinking of இலங்கை post-Ditwah. 💔
(what am I working on these days? a series of 💔 posts, apparently, since at present my hands, pretty wrecked this whole fall, will permit.)
(what am I working on these days? a series of 💔 posts, apparently, since at present my hands, pretty wrecked this whole fall, will permit.)
Also thinking of the community at Brown, an institution that has undeniably shaped my life despite the fact that I have never taught or studied there, as *so many* of my friends and family and beloved work colleagues have spent time in Providence. 💔
December 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Also thinking of the community at Brown, an institution that has undeniably shaped my life despite the fact that I have never taught or studied there, as *so many* of my friends and family and beloved work colleagues have spent time in Providence. 💔
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NEW: We filed a motion to stop the Justice Department from accessing Maryland’s entire voter file as part of their effort to create a national voter database.
We've now taken legal action in eight states to protect voters' sensitive information from being weaponized by the Trump administration.
We've now taken legal action in eight states to protect voters' sensitive information from being weaponized by the Trump administration.
December 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
NEW: We filed a motion to stop the Justice Department from accessing Maryland’s entire voter file as part of their effort to create a national voter database.
We've now taken legal action in eight states to protect voters' sensitive information from being weaponized by the Trump administration.
We've now taken legal action in eight states to protect voters' sensitive information from being weaponized by the Trump administration.
rob reiner made so much art that I loved. thinking of his community. 💔
December 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
rob reiner made so much art that I loved. thinking of his community. 💔
can someone explain what is going on between martin bakery and marino's bakery in toronto? inquiring tamil minds outside the GTO would like to know—
#muttonrolls
#muttonrolls
December 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
can someone explain what is going on between martin bakery and marino's bakery in toronto? inquiring tamil minds outside the GTO would like to know—
#muttonrolls
#muttonrolls
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Please come work with us CNF writers! It is very cold but the food and community are great
Apply to work in our great creative writing program!
The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus) invites applications for the Edelstein-Keller Endowed Visiting Writer Chairship: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus) invites applications for the Edelstein-Keller Endowed Visiting Writer Chairship: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
Careers
The Visiting Writer Chair will consult closely with, and work under the direction of, the Director and Assistant Director of Creative Writing on Edelstein-Keller annual programming. The programming is facilitated by staff support and agreed upon by the Creative Writing Program faculty.
hr.myu.umn.edu
December 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Please come work with us CNF writers! It is very cold but the food and community are great
Excited to see this important story in Tamil and also receiving award recognition! Congratulations to Shoba Sakthi and @ezi.asokan.org
The Face on the Wall: English Translation of சுவர் முகம் by Shobasakthi has appeared in the Winter/Spring 2026 issue of Lunch Ticket. It was also chosen as a finalist for their "Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation & Multilingual Texts" and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
The Face on the Wall
The Face on the Wall Translation of சுவர் முகம் by Shobasakthi Lunch Ticket (Finalist for the Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation & Multilingual Texts and nominated for the Pushcart Prize)
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December 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Excited to see this important story in Tamil and also receiving award recognition! Congratulations to Shoba Sakthi and @ezi.asokan.org
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NEW EPISODE: 2025 Maya Angelou Book Award winner Alison C. Rollins joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss her 2024 poetry collection Black Bell, which documents a bell-laden iron device used to torture enslaved people.
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Maya Angelou Book Award Winner Alison C. Rollins on the Poetics of Sound, Space, and Image
2025 Maya Angelou Book Award winner Alison C. Rollins joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V. V. Ganeshananthan to discuss her 2024 poetry collection Black Bell. She explores the history and symbolis…
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December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NEW EPISODE: 2025 Maya Angelou Book Award winner Alison C. Rollins joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss her 2024 poetry collection Black Bell, which documents a bell-laden iron device used to torture enslaved people.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/maya-angelou...
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/maya-angelou...
Apply to work in our great creative writing program!
The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus) invites applications for the Edelstein-Keller Endowed Visiting Writer Chairship: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus) invites applications for the Edelstein-Keller Endowed Visiting Writer Chairship: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
Careers
The Visiting Writer Chair will consult closely with, and work under the direction of, the Director and Assistant Director of Creative Writing on Edelstein-Keller annual programming. The programming is facilitated by staff support and agreed upon by the Creative Writing Program faculty.
hr.myu.umn.edu
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Apply to work in our great creative writing program!
The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus) invites applications for the Edelstein-Keller Endowed Visiting Writer Chairship: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus) invites applications for the Edelstein-Keller Endowed Visiting Writer Chairship: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
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Shields Prize Auction • Today’s Spotlight:
📖❤️🩹 Brotherless Night Book Club with Shields Prize and Women’s Prize WINNER V.V.
Ganeshananthan + Five copies
📚 Fab Fiction For All Ages: a selection or exciting recent fiction, some are signed!
📖❤️🩹 Brotherless Night Book Club with Shields Prize and Women’s Prize WINNER V.V.
Ganeshananthan + Five copies
📚 Fab Fiction For All Ages: a selection or exciting recent fiction, some are signed!
December 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Shields Prize Auction • Today’s Spotlight:
📖❤️🩹 Brotherless Night Book Club with Shields Prize and Women’s Prize WINNER V.V.
Ganeshananthan + Five copies
📚 Fab Fiction For All Ages: a selection or exciting recent fiction, some are signed!
📖❤️🩹 Brotherless Night Book Club with Shields Prize and Women’s Prize WINNER V.V.
Ganeshananthan + Five copies
📚 Fab Fiction For All Ages: a selection or exciting recent fiction, some are signed!
Incredible to talk to @svenbeckert.bsky.social about his important new book, CAPITALISM
NEW EPISODE: Pulitzer Prize finalist Sven Beckert joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about his new book, Capitalism: A Global History.
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Sven Beckert on the Global History of Capitalism
Pulitzer Prize finalist Sven Beckert joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about his new book, Capitalism: A Global History. Beckert describes capitalism as an ongoing proc…
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December 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Incredible to talk to @svenbeckert.bsky.social about his important new book, CAPITALISM
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NEW EPISODE: Pulitzer Prize finalist Sven Beckert joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about his new book, Capitalism: A Global History.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Sven Beckert on the Global History of Capitalism
Pulitzer Prize finalist Sven Beckert joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about his new book, Capitalism: A Global History. Beckert describes capitalism as an ongoing proc…
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December 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
NEW EPISODE: Pulitzer Prize finalist Sven Beckert joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about his new book, Capitalism: A Global History.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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our next @fnfpodcast.bsky.social guest!
Today is a big day for me: After years of work in dusty archives around the world and unending hours on the computer, Capitalism: A Global History is out. And the book just received the best possible birthday gift:It became one of the NYT's 100 notable books of 2025.
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100 Notable Books of 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
our next @fnfpodcast.bsky.social guest!
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"though in all this reddened heaven and earth, desire reduces to reversal". From V.V. Ganeshananthan's @sugi.bsky.social. poem "the faithful scholar dreams of being exact" My version from the 2023 collection "Out of Sri Lanka" edited by Ravinthiran, Seneviratne and Trevett. #poetry
November 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"though in all this reddened heaven and earth, desire reduces to reversal". From V.V. Ganeshananthan's @sugi.bsky.social. poem "the faithful scholar dreams of being exact" My version from the 2023 collection "Out of Sri Lanka" edited by Ravinthiran, Seneviratne and Trevett. #poetry
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NEW EPISODE:Journalist @jacobsilverman.com joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about his new book, Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley which discusses the rightward ideological shift among tech giants and their companies
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Jacob Silverman on the Tech Bros’ Gilded Rage
Journalist Jacob Silverman joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about his new book, Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley. He discusses the right…
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November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
NEW EPISODE:Journalist @jacobsilverman.com joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about his new book, Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley which discusses the rightward ideological shift among tech giants and their companies
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My novel, Brotherless Night, is a Literary Picks Best Deal Multiday Kindle Book. The ebook is $1.99 from now until 12/1!
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Brotherless Night: A Novel
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November 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
My novel, Brotherless Night, is a Literary Picks Best Deal Multiday Kindle Book. The ebook is $1.99 from now until 12/1!
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NEW EPISODE:
Poet and essayist Kathryn Nuernberger joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about her new collection of lyric essays, Held: Essays in Belonging, which is about symbiotic mutualisms and climate grief/joy.
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Poet and essayist Kathryn Nuernberger joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about her new collection of lyric essays, Held: Essays in Belonging, which is about symbiotic mutualisms and climate grief/joy.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Kathryn Nuernberger on Mutualism, Climate, and Finding Family at the End of the World
Poet and essayist Kathryn Nuernberger joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about her new collection of lyric essays, Held: Essays in Belonging, which is about symbiotic mu…
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November 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
NEW EPISODE:
Poet and essayist Kathryn Nuernberger joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about her new collection of lyric essays, Held: Essays in Belonging, which is about symbiotic mutualisms and climate grief/joy.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/kathryn-nuer...
Poet and essayist Kathryn Nuernberger joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about her new collection of lyric essays, Held: Essays in Belonging, which is about symbiotic mutualisms and climate grief/joy.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/kathryn-nuer...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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NEW EPISODE: Translator @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about her award-winning translations of Nobel Prize winner László Krasznahorkai’s work.
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Ottilie Mulzet on Translating Hungarian Nobel Prize Winner László Krasznahorkai
Translator Ottilie Mulzet joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about her award-winning translations of Nobel Prize winner László Krasznahorkai’s work. Mulzet, who was born…
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November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW EPISODE: Translator @ottiliemulzet.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about her award-winning translations of Nobel Prize winner László Krasznahorkai’s work.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Does the smörgåsbord of your life feature administrative word salad? What is the most nothing response you have received to an attempt to generate action?
(Yes, please consider this a contest with no prize but the gradual draining of the hourglass.)
(Yes, please consider this a contest with no prize but the gradual draining of the hourglass.)
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Does the smörgåsbord of your life feature administrative word salad? What is the most nothing response you have received to an attempt to generate action?
(Yes, please consider this a contest with no prize but the gradual draining of the hourglass.)
(Yes, please consider this a contest with no prize but the gradual draining of the hourglass.)