Aruni Kashyap
@arunikashyap.bsky.social
Director of Creative Writing Program, Assoc Prof, University of Georgia l Translator of five books l Harvard Radcliffe Fellow l NEA Fellow l How to Date a Fanatic (Harper Via 2026) www.arunikashyap.com l 🏳️🌈 He/Him l https://www.instagram.com/arunikashyap/
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I am thrilled to share the news that my next novel, HOW TO DATE A FANATIC, will be published by HarperVia Books in 2026!! A huge thank you to my amazing and relentless literary agent, Lucy Cleland, who believed in this book long before I wrote the last chapter.
Very happy to publish a short essay in the new issue of Granta 173, focusing on Indian Literature. I wrote about storytelling aesthetics in Assamese literature or in the literature written in the Indian languages. Excited to be part of this issue!
October 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Very happy to publish a short essay in the new issue of Granta 173, focusing on Indian Literature. I wrote about storytelling aesthetics in Assamese literature or in the literature written in the Indian languages. Excited to be part of this issue!
July 2026, from Harper Via
October 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
July 2026, from Harper Via
Decatur Book Festival Keynote: Decatur Book Festival Keynote: So excited to be part of this event tomorrow! If you are in Atlanta, please join us!
October 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Decatur Book Festival Keynote: Decatur Book Festival Keynote: So excited to be part of this event tomorrow! If you are in Atlanta, please join us!
What an honor to be part of this mammoth book of Indian short stories edited by A. J. Thomas and published by Aleph Book Company! I have three entries here : my short story “For the Greater Common Good”, which is about a traditional healer’s family in Assam set against armed insurgency; and two
August 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
What an honor to be part of this mammoth book of Indian short stories edited by A. J. Thomas and published by Aleph Book Company! I have three entries here : my short story “For the Greater Common Good”, which is about a traditional healer’s family in Assam set against armed insurgency; and two
Penguin’s new anthology of stories from Northeast India! My story “Skylark Girl” from the collection THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE LOVED is included here along with two other short stories that I translated : Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi’s “The Smell of Bamboo Blossoms” & Anuradha Sarma Pujari’s “No Man’s Land.”
August 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Penguin’s new anthology of stories from Northeast India! My story “Skylark Girl” from the collection THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE LOVED is included here along with two other short stories that I translated : Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi’s “The Smell of Bamboo Blossoms” & Anuradha Sarma Pujari’s “No Man’s Land.”
Thank you to Gauri Awasthi and @theoffingmag.bsky.social magazine for publishing this interview
"Is it possible to write in English by remaining acutely aware of and consciously borrowing from Indigenous and vernacular aesthetics?"
From a new Q&A with Aruni Kashyap, author of The Way You Want To Be Loved, and editor Gauri Awasthi. @arunikashyap.bsky.social
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From a new Q&A with Aruni Kashyap, author of The Way You Want To Be Loved, and editor Gauri Awasthi. @arunikashyap.bsky.social
theoffingmag.com/interviews/q...
Q&A with Aruni Kashyap, author of The Way You Want To Be Loved - The Offing
Q&A - The Offing Magazine
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July 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Thank you to Gauri Awasthi and @theoffingmag.bsky.social magazine for publishing this interview
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"Is it possible to write in English by remaining acutely aware of and consciously borrowing from Indigenous and vernacular aesthetics?"
From a new Q&A with Aruni Kashyap, author of The Way You Want To Be Loved, and editor Gauri Awasthi. @arunikashyap.bsky.social
theoffingmag.com/interviews/q...
From a new Q&A with Aruni Kashyap, author of The Way You Want To Be Loved, and editor Gauri Awasthi. @arunikashyap.bsky.social
theoffingmag.com/interviews/q...
Q&A with Aruni Kashyap, author of The Way You Want To Be Loved - The Offing
Q&A - The Offing Magazine
theoffingmag.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Is it possible to write in English by remaining acutely aware of and consciously borrowing from Indigenous and vernacular aesthetics?"
From a new Q&A with Aruni Kashyap, author of The Way You Want To Be Loved, and editor Gauri Awasthi. @arunikashyap.bsky.social
theoffingmag.com/interviews/q...
From a new Q&A with Aruni Kashyap, author of The Way You Want To Be Loved, and editor Gauri Awasthi. @arunikashyap.bsky.social
theoffingmag.com/interviews/q...
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📚🎙️ “There is no proper Northeastern story, there are no proper Indian stories, because human life is so diverse and so spectacular and so surprising that there cannot be a certain kind of story from one community.”
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
Aruni Kashyap on stories of queer and displaced lives from Assam: Southasia Review of Books podcast #25
Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwe
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June 19, 2025 at 5:47 AM
📚🎙️ “There is no proper Northeastern story, there are no proper Indian stories, because human life is so diverse and so spectacular and so surprising that there cannot be a certain kind of story from one community.”
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
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📚🎙️ “I want to see people like me in literature. Where are the people from Northeast? Where are the people from Assam in Asian-American writing? So that was one of the earliest, most basic desires to write.”
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
Aruni Kashyap on stories of queer and displaced lives from Assam: Southasia Review of Books podcast #25
Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwe
buff.ly
June 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
📚🎙️ “I want to see people like me in literature. Where are the people from Northeast? Where are the people from Assam in Asian-American writing? So that was one of the earliest, most basic desires to write.”
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
Reposted by Aruni Kashyap
📚🎙️ “There is no proper Northeastern story, there are no proper Indian stories, because human life is so diverse and so spectacular and so surprising that there cannot be a certain kind of story from one community.”
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
Aruni Kashyap on stories of queer and displaced lives from Assam: Southasia Review of Books podcast #25
Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwe
buff.ly
June 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
📚🎙️ “There is no proper Northeastern story, there are no proper Indian stories, because human life is so diverse and so spectacular and so surprising that there cannot be a certain kind of story from one community.”
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
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📚🎙️ “Literature from Assam challenges what people understand as Indian literature. Because people have seen India as the biggest democracy, but they have not seen India as a force that has brutalised its own people.”
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
Aruni Kashyap on stories of queer and displaced lives from Assam: Southasia Review of Books podcast #24
Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwe
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June 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📚🎙️ “Literature from Assam challenges what people understand as Indian literature. Because people have seen India as the biggest democracy, but they have not seen India as a force that has brutalised its own people.”
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
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📚🎙️ “We see a lot queer stories where the ending is very tragic. I think it keeps on telling us that this is how your life is going to be. So it was my desire to rewrite the ending of these two lovers.”
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
Aruni Kashyap on stories of queer and displaced lives from Assam: Southasia Review of Books podcast #24
Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwe
buff.ly
June 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
📚🎙️ “We see a lot queer stories where the ending is very tragic. I think it keeps on telling us that this is how your life is going to be. So it was my desire to rewrite the ending of these two lovers.”
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social:
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🎙️📚New episode of the #SouthasiaReviewofBooks podcast!
A conversation with the Assamese writer @arunikashyap.bsky.social on crafting stories on love, resistance and belonging set against the long shadow of violence in India’s Northeast: www.himalmag.com/podcast/arun...
A conversation with the Assamese writer @arunikashyap.bsky.social on crafting stories on love, resistance and belonging set against the long shadow of violence in India’s Northeast: www.himalmag.com/podcast/arun...
Aruni Kashyap on stories of queer and displaced lives from Assam: Southasia Review of Books podcast #24
Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwe
www.himalmag.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🎙️📚New episode of the #SouthasiaReviewofBooks podcast!
A conversation with the Assamese writer @arunikashyap.bsky.social on crafting stories on love, resistance and belonging set against the long shadow of violence in India’s Northeast: www.himalmag.com/podcast/arun...
A conversation with the Assamese writer @arunikashyap.bsky.social on crafting stories on love, resistance and belonging set against the long shadow of violence in India’s Northeast: www.himalmag.com/podcast/arun...
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Tune in to our latest Southasia Review of Books episode for the full conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social on his new collection of short stories, 'The Way You Want to Be Loved'.
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🎧Spotify: spoti.fi/4557fiy
🎧 Apple Podcasts: apple.co/44Z2YNr
🎧Youtube: youtu.be/btapvkwrTxU
Aruni Kashyap on stories of queer and displaced lives from Assam: Southasia Review of Books podcast #24
Himal Southasian Podcast Channel · Episode
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June 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Tune in to our latest Southasia Review of Books episode for the full conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social on his new collection of short stories, 'The Way You Want to Be Loved'.
🎧Spotify: spoti.fi/4557fiy
🎧 Apple Podcasts: apple.co/44Z2YNr
🎧Youtube: youtu.be/btapvkwrTxU
🎧Spotify: spoti.fi/4557fiy
🎧 Apple Podcasts: apple.co/44Z2YNr
🎧Youtube: youtu.be/btapvkwrTxU
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📚🎙️“Why should I let the state and other horrific forces that are brutalising society take centre stage in my art? I don't want to give the state that much space. It already assumes too much space.”
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social: buff.ly/ehmY7sr
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social: buff.ly/ehmY7sr
Aruni Kashyap on stories of queer, displaced lives from Assam: Southasia Review of Books podcast #24
A conversation with the Assamese writer Aruni Kashyap on crafting stories on love, resistance and belonging set against the long shadow of violence in India’...
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June 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📚🎙️“Why should I let the state and other horrific forces that are brutalising society take centre stage in my art? I don't want to give the state that much space. It already assumes too much space.”
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social: buff.ly/ehmY7sr
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social: buff.ly/ehmY7sr
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📚🎙️ “I think the new generation of writers are going to change the conversation about queer writing from Assam. It is small in number, but I think that they are making a significant impact.”
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social: buff.ly/S37UkUM #PrideMonth
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social: buff.ly/S37UkUM #PrideMonth
Aruni Kashyap on stories of queer and displaced lives from Assam: Southasia Review of Books podcast #24
Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books Podcast, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwe
buff.ly
June 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
📚🎙️ “I think the new generation of writers are going to change the conversation about queer writing from Assam. It is small in number, but I think that they are making a significant impact.”
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social: buff.ly/S37UkUM #PrideMonth
A conversation with @arunikashyap.bsky.social: buff.ly/S37UkUM #PrideMonth
Listen to me speaking about my short story collection at the Georgia Public Radio ~
Desires clash with society's expectations in Aruni Kashyap's new short fiction
In his new collection of short stories, UGA creative writing program director Aruni Kashyap comes back time and time again to the tension between individual desires and society’s limits.
www.gpb.org
May 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Listen to me speaking about my short story collection at the Georgia Public Radio ~
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Speaking in New York at this panel at the Rainbow Lit Fest on May 10th! It is a Saturday! Come ask us questions!
2025 Rainbow Book Fair Panel
Asian Love Stories: Romance, Resistance, and Revolution
Saturday, May 10th, 3.00-4.15 PM
208 W 13th Street, New York, NY 10011 (room tba)
2025 Rainbow Book Fair Panel
Asian Love Stories: Romance, Resistance, and Revolution
Saturday, May 10th, 3.00-4.15 PM
208 W 13th Street, New York, NY 10011 (room tba)
May 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Speaking in New York at this panel at the Rainbow Lit Fest on May 10th! It is a Saturday! Come ask us questions!
2025 Rainbow Book Fair Panel
Asian Love Stories: Romance, Resistance, and Revolution
Saturday, May 10th, 3.00-4.15 PM
208 W 13th Street, New York, NY 10011 (room tba)
2025 Rainbow Book Fair Panel
Asian Love Stories: Romance, Resistance, and Revolution
Saturday, May 10th, 3.00-4.15 PM
208 W 13th Street, New York, NY 10011 (room tba)
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We’ve been sitting on this news for a minute and are so delighted to FINALLY share that the brilliant Lucy Cleland has joined The Frances Goldin Agency as VP and Senior Agent! We are enormously lucky to have her on the team 🎉
May 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We’ve been sitting on this news for a minute and are so delighted to FINALLY share that the brilliant Lucy Cleland has joined The Frances Goldin Agency as VP and Senior Agent! We are enormously lucky to have her on the team 🎉
Speaking in New York at this panel at the Rainbow Lit Fest on May 10th! It is a Saturday! Come ask us questions!
2025 Rainbow Book Fair Panel
Asian Love Stories: Romance, Resistance, and Revolution
Saturday, May 10th, 3.00-4.15 PM
208 W 13th Street, New York, NY 10011 (room tba)
2025 Rainbow Book Fair Panel
Asian Love Stories: Romance, Resistance, and Revolution
Saturday, May 10th, 3.00-4.15 PM
208 W 13th Street, New York, NY 10011 (room tba)
May 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Speaking in New York at this panel at the Rainbow Lit Fest on May 10th! It is a Saturday! Come ask us questions!
2025 Rainbow Book Fair Panel
Asian Love Stories: Romance, Resistance, and Revolution
Saturday, May 10th, 3.00-4.15 PM
208 W 13th Street, New York, NY 10011 (room tba)
2025 Rainbow Book Fair Panel
Asian Love Stories: Romance, Resistance, and Revolution
Saturday, May 10th, 3.00-4.15 PM
208 W 13th Street, New York, NY 10011 (room tba)
Delighted to share my translation of Anuradha Sarma Pujari's story @wwborders.bsky.social
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April 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Delighted to share my translation of Anuradha Sarma Pujari's story @wwborders.bsky.social
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
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A finalist for the @armorysqprize.bsky.social , this story by Anuradha Sarma Pujari (tr. @arunikashyap.bsky.social ) narrates the intense atmoshpere at a student hostel in Delhi. buff.ly/FuK7y0q
April 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A finalist for the @armorysqprize.bsky.social , this story by Anuradha Sarma Pujari (tr. @arunikashyap.bsky.social ) narrates the intense atmoshpere at a student hostel in Delhi. buff.ly/FuK7y0q
I will be speaking at Yale University tomorrow. Please come if you are around! macmillan.yale.edu/southasia/ev...
March 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I will be speaking at Yale University tomorrow. Please come if you are around! macmillan.yale.edu/southasia/ev...
Had a wonderful time at The College of William & Mary’s translation festival. We need to know how the rest of the world lives and imagines; can’t do that without translators. US publishing has a 3% problem which means only 3% of titles are translated; and South Asian Lit in translation? 0.66%!
March 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Had a wonderful time at The College of William & Mary’s translation festival. We need to know how the rest of the world lives and imagines; can’t do that without translators. US publishing has a 3% problem which means only 3% of titles are translated; and South Asian Lit in translation? 0.66%!
“You can’t wait for the world to be perfect in order to write. You’d be waiting forever.”
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Thank you @alexanderchee.bsky.social
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Thank you @alexanderchee.bsky.social
Some Postcards I Never Sent
“You can’t wait for the world to be perfect to write. You’d be waiting forever.”
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March 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
“You can’t wait for the world to be perfect in order to write. You’d be waiting forever.”
querent.substack.com/p/some-postc...
Thank you @alexanderchee.bsky.social
querent.substack.com/p/some-postc...
Thank you @alexanderchee.bsky.social