V.V. Ganeshananthan
@sugi.bsky.social
Writer. BROTHERLESS NIGHT: http://randomhousebooks.com/books/57844/
the spoons are gone and I am now on sporks and fpoons.
January 16, 2026 at 9:15 PM
the spoons are gone and I am now on sporks and fpoons.
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Please take care of each other, but again, the harm is not necessarily bad harm, because many of our biggest donors are deeply enmeshed in it. Perhaps the harm is more of an opportunity for care and a learning experience."
January 14, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Please take care of each other, but again, the harm is not necessarily bad harm, because many of our biggest donors are deeply enmeshed in it. Perhaps the harm is more of an opportunity for care and a learning experience."
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Please take care and be flexible as you navigate difficult but morally ambiguous factors that we can not name. Our community is resilient, but we are resilient about things that we don't necessarily oppose, but respectfully observe and experience.
January 14, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Please take care and be flexible as you navigate difficult but morally ambiguous factors that we can not name. Our community is resilient, but we are resilient about things that we don't necessarily oppose, but respectfully observe and experience.
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U of M statements right now all read like:
"This is a time of great stress and uncertainty. Many community members are concerned about events that we view as neither good or bad but as potentially neutral depending on your perspective.
"This is a time of great stress and uncertainty. Many community members are concerned about events that we view as neither good or bad but as potentially neutral depending on your perspective.
January 14, 2026 at 9:45 PM
U of M statements right now all read like:
"This is a time of great stress and uncertainty. Many community members are concerned about events that we view as neither good or bad but as potentially neutral depending on your perspective.
"This is a time of great stress and uncertainty. Many community members are concerned about events that we view as neither good or bad but as potentially neutral depending on your perspective.
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Insomuch as there's a point to these articles, it's worthwhile to note that so many politicians that only represent the Twin Cities are fighting for us (not all, Jacob!) while those who represent the state refuse to draw the line that under no circumstances are you allowed to invade Minneapolis.
January 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Insomuch as there's a point to these articles, it's worthwhile to note that so many politicians that only represent the Twin Cities are fighting for us (not all, Jacob!) while those who represent the state refuse to draw the line that under no circumstances are you allowed to invade Minneapolis.
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I love the bait. I gotta have it. A dollar bill attached to a fishing line? All mine. A carrot dangled in front of my face while on a treadmill? Call me Usain Bolt. A delicious cheeseburger under a cardboard box held up by a precarious stick? You know I'm there.
January 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I love the bait. I gotta have it. A dollar bill attached to a fishing line? All mine. A carrot dangled in front of my face while on a treadmill? Call me Usain Bolt. A delicious cheeseburger under a cardboard box held up by a precarious stick? You know I'm there.
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One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
January 16, 2026 at 12:56 AM
One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
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Highlighting this one in particular because I know that many, many, many Minneapolis-area instructors are struggling with how to make classes that were going to be fully in person work in a hybrid format (to support students who aren’t safe coming to campus).
Educational developer here. Always happy to talk higher ed pedagogy with anyone—I can consult with faculty trying to figure out how to adapt courses for online or hybrid formats and how to modify assessments, policies, and schedules in light of everything.
January 16, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Highlighting this one in particular because I know that many, many, many Minneapolis-area instructors are struggling with how to make classes that were going to be fully in person work in a hybrid format (to support students who aren’t safe coming to campus).
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Two things that I have not successfully conveyed to people without deep Minnesota ties are the scale and extent of the ICE occupation (a word I don't use lightly), and likewise of the community resistance.
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Two things that I have not successfully conveyed to people without deep Minnesota ties are the scale and extent of the ICE occupation (a word I don't use lightly), and likewise of the community resistance.
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NEW EPISODE: Award-winning writers and longtime friends @vauhinivara.bsky.social and Karan Mahajan join co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss Vara’s recent New Yorker essay “What If Readers Like AI-Generated Fiction?”
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Vauhini Vara and Karan Mahajan on When AI Tries to Sound Like Us
Award-winning writers and longtime friends Vauhini Vara and Karan Mahajan join co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V. V. Ganeshananthan to discuss Vara’s recent New Yorker essay “What If Readers Like AI-G…
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January 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
NEW EPISODE: Award-winning writers and longtime friends @vauhinivara.bsky.social and Karan Mahajan join co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss Vara’s recent New Yorker essay “What If Readers Like AI-Generated Fiction?”
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/vauhini-vara...
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/vauhini-vara...
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Sound your voice! I scale mountains or dive in the sea after you.
January 11, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Sound your voice! I scale mountains or dive in the sea after you.
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NEW EPISODE: Bestselling and award-winning writer @matthewpearlauthor.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new novel The Award. Pearl explores imposter syndrome, external validation, and cultural prizes.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/matthew-pear...
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Matthew Pearl on What We’ll Do For the Prize
Bestselling and award-winning writer Matthew Pearl joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new novel The Award. Pearl explores the relationship between cultural prizes…
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January 8, 2026 at 2:24 PM
NEW EPISODE: Bestselling and award-winning writer @matthewpearlauthor.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new novel The Award. Pearl explores imposter syndrome, external validation, and cultural prizes.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/matthew-pear...
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/matthew-pear...
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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.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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@literaryhub.bsky.social
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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.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/elizabeth-mc...
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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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.
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/stimme-aus-s...
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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)
ezi.asokan.org
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...