{"product_id":"fire-girl-essays-on-india-america-and-the-in-between-paperback","title":"Fire Girl: Essays on India, America, and the In-Between - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSayantani DasGupta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFire Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, her debut collection of essays, Sayantani Dasgupta examines her personal story against the history, religion, popular culture and mythology of South Asia and her current home in the American West. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eFire Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese are exquisite essays, filled with savory language spiced just right. Sayantani Dasgupta's generous intelligence and lively curiosity bring alive whole worlds-those of ancient stories and those of daily living, artfully considered. Cultures, languages, religions, landscapes, legacies-this is a writer who contains multitudes. -\u003cb\u003ePeggy Shumaker\u003c\/b\u003e, Author of \u003ci\u003e Just Breathe Normally\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSayantani Dasgupta writes with such keen intelligence and vivid clarity that we can't help be taken in. Lyrical, compassionate, and compelling, these beautiful essays transport us to another world. In Dasgupta's able hands, it is a world we come to recognize as our own. -\u003cb\u003eKim Barnes\u003c\/b\u003e, Author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Kingdom of Men\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSayantani Dasgupta brings together past and present as she considers childhood, violence, safety, family, monsters, goddesses, and the concept of home. These beautiful essays move between India and America, between selves and versions of selves, as Sayantani considers what is real and what is story or indeed, how the two are ever different. The range of landscapes and subjects is as breathtaking as the writing, showing us a powerful mind at work.-\u003cb\u003eBich Minh Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e, Author of \u003ci\u003eStealing Buddha's Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe oscillations in the essays are sometimes gentle vibrations, other times beating drums, encompassing the tension between the home and the world, the past and the present, the brain and the heart. The stories constantly go away and come back and we undulate with them, rippling between delight, sorrow, rage, wonder. -\u003cb\u003eAurvi Sharma\u003c\/b\u003e, Winner of the \u003ci\u003e2015 Gulf Coast Prize in Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Calcutta and raised in New Delhi, Sayantani Dasgupta teaches at the University of Idaho. Her essays and stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus, Phoebe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGulf Stream\u003c\/i\u003e, among other magazines and literary journals. She edits nonfiction for \u003ci\u003eCrab Creek Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and previous honors include a Pushcart Prize Special Mention and a Centrum Fellowship. In \u003ci\u003eFire Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, her debut collection of essays, Sayantani examines her personal story against the history, religion, popular culture and mythology of South Asia and her current home in the American West. To learn more about Sayantani, visit: www.sdasgupta.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 7.99 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984072933677,"sku":"9780692721254","price":23.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/TVBFOS9JK1lvcnpySTFXV2QwZytDUT09.webp?v=1776081759","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/fire-girl-essays-on-india-america-and-the-in-between-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}