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"...Sharma’s debut is remarkable for its daring, how unafraid it is to eschew rosy visions of racial solidarity." - Meena Venkataramanan of the The Washington Post on nina sharma 's THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL (penguinpress) washingtonpost.com/books/2024/05/…

NBCC member Meena Venkataramanan reviewed Nina Sharma's "The Way You Make Me Feel," a debut essay collection on Black and Brown love in all its beauty and complexity, for The Washington Post: buff.ly/3UTsmP4

Follow Meena Venkataramanan (Meena Venkataramanan) on a coast-to-coast journey through the literary landscape of South Asian America buff.ly/4gratjB

NBCC member Meena Venkataramanan created a literary map of South Asian America for Electric Literature, illustrated by Nuri Bhuiyan. It maps out post-2010 fiction set across the American landscape—beyond just the two major coasts—by South Asian authors. Check It out here: buff.ly/3zivsnN

I reviewed "The Urban Refugee" for Places Journal's fall bookshelf roundup. Read my review here: placesjournal.org/article/booksh…

For The Washington Post Post Book World, I reviewed @vauhinivara's compelling, genre-defying essay collection "SEARCHES," recently published by Pantheon Books Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚. Read my review here: wapo.st/42v0dR5

Review by Meena Venkataramanan: In “Searches,” Vauhini Vara collaborates with a chatbot to write essays on digital technology, surveillance capitalism and her family’s immigrant experience. wapo.st/3XZkBsa

This review is an interesting read in itself!

In the latest installment in our series Public Streets, Meena Venkataramanan (Meena Venkataramanan) explores the multicultural history of London’s Brick Lane. buff.ly/XCJX6jD

“A SAFE HAVEN”: HUGUENOTS, JEWS, AND BANGLADESHIS IN BRICK LANE, LONDON publicbooks.org/a-safe-haven-h…

For Public Books, I wrote an essay on Brick Lane and its unique history as a refuge for the Huguenot, Jewish, and Bangladeshi communities, featuring perspectives from Asma Begum Taj Stores Nijjormanush Fatima Rajina and Leo Epstein Read it here: publicbooks.org/a-safe-haven-h…

London’s Brick Lane has a unique Bengali character, featuring curry houses, grocery stores, textile shops, and bilingual street signs. Meena Venkataramanan (Meena Venkataramanan) explores the history of Banglatown, new at PB: buff.ly/XCJX6jD

During the rise of the far-right British National Party in the 1980s, London’s predominantly Bangladeshi Brick Lane was targeted almost weekly by far-right agitators. Meena Venkataramanan (Meena Venkataramanan) recounts this history and more, new at PB: buff.ly/XCJX6jD

“Unlike in the US, where South Asians mostly began to shape the country in the late 20th century and are still making inroads into the country’s cultural landscapes, in Britain the sheer depth of South Asian history and culture has always moved me.” buff.ly/XCJX6jD

Brick Lane’s Jamme Masjid, the famed mosque at 59 Brick Lane, used to be a Jewish synagogue; before that, a Methodist church; and even before that, a Huguenot chapel. Meena Venkataramanan (Meena Venkataramanan) explores Brick Lane’s storied history, new at PB: buff.ly/XCJX6jD