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Chitra Divakaruni: Defying Cultural Boundaries with Universal Stories
The contemporary novelist says she's attracted to myths and epics "because they are timeless."
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Japanese and American Writers: Literature Inside and Outside 'the Box'
Japanese and American poets, novelists, and essayists explore the challenges and rewards of contemporary literature in translation.
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'Midnight in Peking' Author Offers Tips on Getting Your Book About China Published
Author Paul French, whose Midnight in Peking was awarded the 2013 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime, visited Asia Society Studios to offer advice for aspiring authors hoping to write the next great China book.
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Interview: Cross-Cultural Dialogue 'Translates' in Latest 'Monkey Business'
The third issue of the acclaimed Japanese/American literary journal is the most cosmopolitan yet.
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Book Excerpt: 'The Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42'
A cautionary tale of 19th-century imperial hubris that still resonates today.
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Interview: Debut Indian Author Dismantles Stereotypes Through Storytelling
Janice Pariat's short stories dismantle stereotypical notions of India's Northeast as an ethereal place untouched by time and modernity.
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Photos: Inaugural Lahore Literary Festival Draws Major Names and Capacity Crowds
A successful two-day event in Pakistan's cultural capital leads to speculation that literary festivals just might be the country's "new soft power."
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In 2013, Literature Festival Provides 'Healing Touch' for Troubled Karachi
A literature festival becomes a political statement in a city where bomb blasts, like thunderstorms, have become part of the natural order.
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Interview: Novelist Mohsin Hamid Wants You to Get 'Filthy Rich' in a Rising Asia
Introducing new novel at the Karachi Literature Festival, one of Pakistan's leading younger writers says, "You have to find new ways of telling stories."
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Manu Joseph: The Illicit Happiness of Other People
“Truth shows humanity in a poor light,” says the novelist, whose new work deals with a suicide in Madras in the 1980s.
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Interview: Novelist Hari Kunzru on Mo Yan, Misogyny and National Indentity
"I consider Indians writing in English as writers, first and foremost," says award-winning author and journalist Hari Kunzru. In-person appearance at Asia Society New York on January 10.
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