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303:, Sonali Mujumdar writes that the novel "has its primordial roots in that tumultuous time, but the larger canvas is about exile, adopted cultures, about families and people that have crossed continents to make new lives, colliding awkwardly with each other in their chosen lands," and "Kumarasamy rips open wounds, lays them bare, washes and wipes, and secures her creations; disjointed pieces of trauma and treasures, that come together to piece an irregular whole. Here the mortals too have feet of clay in a world full of poetic injustice." 413:, Malavika Praseed writes, "this is a book that commands a greater focus and closer attention than I anticipated as a reader. And while individual passages shimmer and terrify, the book as a whole leaves dangling threads that go beyond the unanswered questions of thought-provoking narrative. We never truly comprehend our protagonist, just as our protagonist rarely seems to comprehend the world around her." 341:
is certainly an extraordinary achievement, even an epochal one. Perhaps never before in history could such a work have been created, a humanly conceived book-as-machine, properly intimidating in its refusal to explain itself, and feigning to satisfy a profound human desire, by making the stuff of our
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writes, "While the book is moving and the writing elegant and clear, the collection begins to feel almost like a writing exercise, moving from third-person to first-person and back; when it finally comes to the rarely used second person , the effect isn't nearly as surprising as it might otherwise
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states, "Kumarasamy’s prose is gorgeous and assured, capable of rendering both major tragedy (war, the dissolution of a marriage, the loss of a child) and minor tragedy (a botched effort at matchmaking, a pitying Christmas invitation) with care and precision. Though the stories can sometimes blend
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Magazine, "Hearing about her literary journey confirmed to me that success for women writers is not a finite thing. Kumarasamy, like those who came before and those who will come after, is engaged in the radical act of speaking poetic truths to people who are unaccustomed to listening to them."
322:, "More than 800,000 people were displaced, with many fleeing the country as refugees to India, the United Kingdom, and the United States," and "Kumarasamy explores what it means to be made to feel like a foreigner in one’s own country, a theme made all the more affecting by recent events." 390:
that the book "alternates between the near-future, second-person perspective of Aya, a 26-year-old A.I. trainer in Queens, and passages from a manuscript she is translating from Tamil into English", and "Kumarasamy’s quirky language and wit are dazzling." In a review for the
351:, "Notwithstanding its allusive opacity and predictable prose, Kumarasamy's debut moves in the right direction, provoking serious questions about the writing of human rights and the ways in which literature bears the burden of representing unsolvable political problems." 374:
review states, "Kumarasamy's dazzling if sometimes unwieldy debut novel follows a young woman as she tries to unpack the past amid an unforgiving near future", and "Kumarasamy's gorgeous prose and quiet meditations on memory will enthrall readers." In the
397:, Ilana Masad writes that the book, "is under 300 pages, and there is certainly a lot going on, but it all feels beautifully balanced — chapters threaded together nimbly, the translated manuscript and the protagonist’s life echoing each other." 406:
as "a brazenly complex, labyrinthinely structured, deeply philosophical, thematically ambitious novel, and although it may not be the breeziest read, it is also a masterpiece that more than confirms the promise of "Half Gods."" In the
312:, "The book doubles as a chilling history lesson for readers unfamiliar with the bloody conflict between Sri Lanka’s Tamils, a northern minority, and its Sinhalese majority," and "More than a hundred thousand people were slain in the 297:, meaning “I’ll go and return." These are parting words especially suited to the refugee: ever running away, ever looking back. Kumarasamy poignantly illustrates this tension in her debut story collection". In a review for the 147:
that Kumarasamy "grew up among migrants and refugees who had packed their belongings and sorrows when they were cleaved from their homelands, and embodied within themselves a subcontinent of unarticulated experiences."
1249: 1050: 614: 381:, Elinam Agbo describes the novel as "a lyrical, speculative novel set in a near future where violence is as unrelenting a reality as it is in our present moment." 945: 588: 141:, in a largely South Asian community. She had no pets and no direct access to wildlife as a child, but initially wanted to be a zoologist. Bhavye Doye writes for 731: 217:, stating, "I think that gave me a more nuanced take on brownness. Instead of seeing it in the margins, I was able to view it from a place of centrality." 971: 1277: 1450: 188: 1024: 358:
have been. It might be that Kumarasamy's control on the stories is too tight. One wonders what might happen if she were to loosen her grip."
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together, the writing is strong throughout, resulting in a wonderful, auspicious debut." Aditya Sudarshan writes in a review for
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is an American author and an assistant professor in the Masters of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing at
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In fall 2020, Kumarasamy became an assistant professor in the MFA program in creative writing at
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Kumarasamy discussed the impact of her childhood experience on her writing with
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in 2010 and completed her Masters of Fine Arts in creative writing at the
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Pushing Against the Self in Fiction: A Conversation with Akil Kumarasamy
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Jonathan Russell Clark describes the novel in a review for the
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After an interview with Kumarasamy, Zena Agha writes for the
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was named in the "Best of 2018: Short story collections" by
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Rutgers University School of Arts & Sciences-Newark
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and the 2021–2022 Annual Bard Fiction Prize. Her novel
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Her collection of short stories 1247: 1075:Brady, Michael Patrick (July 20, 2018). 1022: 969: 749: 658: 606: 586: 1331: 1248:Chadburn, Melissa (September 7, 2022). 1131:Sudarshan, Aditya (December 22, 2018). 1048: 970:Sullivan, Corinne (December 10, 2020). 865: 842:"Best of 2018: Short story collections" 781: 587:Bahuguna, Urvashi (November 25, 2018). 1465: 1250:"Longing for Things Just Out of Reach" 1025:"Review: Half Gods by Akil Kumarasamy" 1023:Mujumdar, Sonali (November 30, 2018). 803: 726: 724: 722: 699: 1332:Praseed, Malavika (August 22, 2022). 1303: 1275: 1074: 996: 549:2021–2022 Annual Bard Fiction Prize ( 235: 1418:The Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust 1365:The Ursula K. Le Guin Literary Trust 893:"9 New Books We Recommend This Week" 755: 700:Lerner, Lawrence (October 1, 2020). 664: 612: 521: 1166:Nadiminti, Kalyan (June 16, 2018). 719: 433:Kumarasamy, Akil (April 21, 2015). 169:Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences 115:Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences 88:2021–2022 Annual Bard Fiction Prize 13: 943: 782:Praseed, Malavika (May 24, 2022). 665:Dore, Bhavya (November 15, 2018). 641:"10 Questions for Akil Kumarasamy" 542:for Debut Short Story Collection ( 14: 1524: 1435: 784:"10 Books I Love by AAPI Writers" 613:Saha, Shrestha (April 12, 2018). 476:Kumarasamy, Akil (July 5, 2018). 419:is on the shortlist for the 2023 1276:Masad, Ilana (August 24, 2022). 919:"Lest We Forget: A Reading List" 463:Kumarasamy, Akil (August 2017). 446:Kumarasamy, Akil (Summer 2017). 345:Kalyan Nadiminti writes for the 204:Asian American Writers' Workshop 1406: 1378: 1353: 1325: 1297: 1269: 1241: 1213: 1185: 1096: 963: 944:Li, Grace Z. 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Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 129:was released in August 2022. 18:American author and professor 814:"Meet Us by the Roaring Sea" 435:"At the Birthplace of Sound" 384:Melissa Chadburn writes for 262:, and an Editor's Choice by 240: 224:, she wrote a novel, titled 7: 1478:21st-century American women 1456:Los Angeles Review of Books 1172:Los Angeles Review of Books 348:Los Angeles Review of Books 34:Author, assistant professor 10: 1529: 562:Meet Us by the Roaring Sea 540:PEN/Robert W Bingham Prize 508:Meet Us by the Roaring Sea 417:Meet Us by the Roaring Sea 363:Meet Us by the Roaring Sea 226:Meet Us by the Roaring Sea 127:Meet Us by the Roaring Sea 74:Meet Us By The Roaring Sea 506:Kumarasamy, Akil (2022). 494:Farrar, Straus and Giroux 488:Kumarasamy, Akil (2018). 230:Farrar, Straus and Giroux 177:University of East Anglia 162: 97: 92: 79: 65: 57: 38: 30: 23: 1508:American fiction writers 645:The Massachusetts Review 426: 306:Katy Waldman writes for 228:, that was published by 139:Dismal Swamp, New Jersey 133:Early life and education 1498:Writers from New Jersey 1339:Chicago Review of Books 789:Chicago Review of Books 558:Ursula K. 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Barnard College
University of Michigan
MFA
The Story Prize Spotlight Award
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Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences
The Story Prize Spotlight Award
Dismal Swamp, New Jersey
Open Magazine
Barnard College
University of Michigan
Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences
University of Michigan
University of East Anglia
Fine Arts Work Center
Yaddo
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Bard College
Asian American Writers' Workshop
Urvashi Bahuguna
Scroll.in
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Scroll.in
The Village Voice
The New York Times
PEN America
USA Today
Redbook
The New York Times
Hindustan Times

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