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Words Chosen For Ourselves: A Review of THE OXFORD INDIA ANTHOLOGY OF TAMIL DALIT WRITING
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Words Chosen For Ourselves: A Review of THE OXFORD INDIA ANTHOLOGY OF TAMIL DALIT WRITING

The Oxford India Anthology of Tamil Dalit Writing Ravikumar and R. Azhagarasan Oxford University Press, 2012 480 pp, $39.95 Buy hardcover Of the social, political, and economic issues facing India since independence in 1947, the situation of Dalits has been one of the most pressing. Dalits face discrimination and oppression in nearly every part of…

Review: MAYHEM: THREE LIVES OF A WOMAN by Elizabeth Harris
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Review: MAYHEM: THREE LIVES OF A WOMAN by Elizabeth Harris

Mayhem: Three Lives of a WomanElizabeth HarrisGival Press, October 2015140 pp, $20 In the opening scene of this exquisite first novel by prizewinning short fiction writer Elizabeth Harris, a young farm wife in a black cloche hat and rummage sale dress climbs out of a 1920s Essex and up the steps of a Texas county…

Review: COYOTE by Colin Winnette
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Review: COYOTE by Colin Winnette

CoyoteColin WinnetteLes Figues Press, 201596 pages$17.00 It’s a natural tendency to summarize, to distill entire constellations of events and details into a single swallow of information. Near the beginning of Coyote, Colin Winnette’s protagonist attempts just this, saying “I tell the same story every time: we put her to bed, and when we woke up…