05 May 2011, Posted by V.V. Ganeshananthan, MQR Associate Editor in Blog, 0 Comments Tagged 2011, Fiction, interview, Kuzhali Manickavel, Sepia Mutiny, South Asian, Winter

In Which We Direct You To A Most Excellent Writer, For Purposes of Laughing

by V.V. Ganeshananthan

I’m new here! I am: 1) The interim fiction editor of This Fine Publication, the Michigan Quarterly Review. 2) A blogger. For whom do I blog? I blog for thee. And also Sepia Mutiny, a South Asian-American blog. It’s been around for awhile—since 2004—and is a group blog that covers arts, culture, politics, sports, media, and any other topic that can be seen through the lens of South Asia and/or its diaspora. 3) A GIGANTIC fan of Kuzhali Manickavel’s. Kuzhali is a terrific and funny writer of short fiction (not to mention a great blogger). She lives in Tamil Nadu, India, and has a wonderfully weird and wild collection out. It’s called Insects Are Just Like You and Me Except Some of Them Have Wings.