Witty, thoughtful reading. ~ Kirkus Reviews
Dasgupta has a talent for finding the profound in the everyday…Perceptive and personal, this is worth checking out. ~ Publishers Weekly
Dasgupta encounters and offers up for consideration issues such as privilege, racism, the intellectual and emotional facets of multilingualism, the exoticising of another culture (hers, for instance), and guns in America. ~ Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
Born in Calcutta and raised in New Delhi, Sayantani Dasgupta is the author of BROWN WOMEN HAVE EVERYTHING: ESSAYS ON (DIS)COMFORT & DELIGHT (now available for pre-order). Her previous works include WOMEN WHO MISBEHAVE (Penguin Random House), FIRE GIRL: ESSAYS ON INDIA, AMERICA, & THE IN-BETWEEN (Two Sylvias Press), and the chapbook THE HOUSE OF NAILS: MEMORIES OF A NEW DELHI CHILDHOOD (Red Bird Press). She is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. Her research spans Creative Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, South Asian History and Literature, Indian Cinema, World Religions, Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Mythology. She holds advanced degrees in History and Creative Writing and has taught diverse classes globally, including in India, Italy, Colombia, and Mexico.
Sayantani is represented by Sally Wofford-Girand of Union Literary.