Surmayi KhatanainThe CoilSearing Commentary on Society: On Chaya Bhuvaneswar’s ‘White Dancing Elephants’Bhuvaneswar’s stories explore the power dynamics of rape, assault, queer relationships, sexism, racism, and societal structures.Oct 15, 2018Oct 15, 2018
Surmayi KhatanainThe CoilMesses & Ambiguities: A Conversation with Deb JannersonThe poet and novelist talks about vulnerability, her new book, the importance of poetry, Bildungsroman lit, and her process.Aug 27, 2018Aug 27, 2018
Surmayi KhatanainThe CoilDefying the Odds: A Conversation with Keith O'BrienThe author of Fly Girls talks about his writing process, routine, research for the book, and its modern relevancy.Aug 20, 2018Aug 20, 2018
Surmayi KhatanainThe CoilLady Aviators in the Men's Club: On Keith O'Brien's 'Fly Girls'O'Brien tells the untold story of five women who dared compete against the men in the high-stakes air races of the 1920s and '30s.Aug 7, 2018Aug 7, 2018
Surmayi KhatanainThe CoilOn Anna Prushinskaya’s ‘A Woman Is a Woman until She Is a Mother’Prushinskaya’s essays are an intriguing compilation of a woman’s flight through child bearing, told with care, pain, and freshness.Nov 15, 2017Nov 15, 2017