Amitava Kumar
@amitava.bsky.social
Writer. Novels include My Beloved Life (Knopf, 2024). Bylines: Granta, Harper's, New Yorker, NYT. Vassar prof. Guggenheim, Cullman Center Fellow.
On #worldenvironmentday, I’m sharing my @GrantaMag piece on the sinking Himalayan town granta.com/sinking-town/
June 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
On #worldenvironmentday, I’m sharing my @GrantaMag piece on the sinking Himalayan town granta.com/sinking-town/
February 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
February 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Paperback Row in the New York Times Book Review
February 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Paperback Row in the New York Times Book Review
Tomorrow at the Brooklyn Public Library www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/ami...
February 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Tomorrow at the Brooklyn Public Library www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/ami...
My novel's paperback launch in Brooklyn with Katie Kitamura on Feb 5!
January 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My novel's paperback launch in Brooklyn with Katie Kitamura on Feb 5!
December 22, 2024 at 7:45 AM
December 20, 2024 at 10:10 AM
LitHub names this among their favorite essays of 2024
December 20, 2024 at 10:07 AM
LitHub names this among their favorite essays of 2024
December 16, 2024 at 1:05 AM
The New Yorker magazine recommends My Beloved Life among the books published in 2024:
December 6, 2024 at 2:36 PM
The New Yorker magazine recommends My Beloved Life among the books published in 2024:
Delhi peeps, take note!
December 4, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Delhi peeps, take note!
Am reading Patricia Highsmith’s diaries
December 4, 2024 at 3:26 AM
Am reading Patricia Highsmith’s diaries
And tonight in Rhinebeck I watched this one! Much recommended!
December 1, 2024 at 11:58 PM
And tonight in Rhinebeck I watched this one! Much recommended!
Perhaps I am the last remaining fan of Hindi films to have watched this one. What fun it was last night! #laapataaladies
December 1, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Perhaps I am the last remaining fan of Hindi films to have watched this one. What fun it was last night! #laapataaladies
Here are all three:
November 28, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Here are all three:
HarperCollins India announces the release on Dec 5, 2024 of the final volume in my trilogy of drawing books-plus-diaries. harpercollins.co.in/blog/announc...
November 28, 2024 at 3:30 PM
HarperCollins India announces the release on Dec 5, 2024 of the final volume in my trilogy of drawing books-plus-diaries. harpercollins.co.in/blog/announc...
In praise of the new documentary by Anand Patwardhan “The World is Family”
amitavakumar.substack.com/p/the-world-...
amitavakumar.substack.com/p/the-world-...
November 28, 2024 at 3:36 AM
In praise of the new documentary by Anand Patwardhan “The World is Family”
amitavakumar.substack.com/p/the-world-...
amitavakumar.substack.com/p/the-world-...
I don’t ask students to read my own work but this time I’m including this homage to Janet Malcolm where I’ve painted in oil her photo of the American weed Burdock.
November 25, 2024 at 4:53 PM
I don’t ask students to read my own work but this time I’m including this homage to Janet Malcolm where I’ve painted in oil her photo of the American weed Burdock.
The above painting is of poppies by Berger, from a book (Seeing Through Drawing) edited my friend @johnchristieartist and the second one is of asters by Leanne Sharon from the book American Wildflowers edited by Susan Barba.
November 25, 2024 at 4:51 PM
The above painting is of poppies by Berger, from a book (Seeing Through Drawing) edited my friend @johnchristieartist and the second one is of asters by Leanne Sharon from the book American Wildflowers edited by Susan Barba.
The visual turn. Coming up in my “Writing about the Anthropocene” class is art by folks I like, including John Berger and Leanne Shapton.
November 25, 2024 at 4:49 PM
The visual turn. Coming up in my “Writing about the Anthropocene” class is art by folks I like, including John Berger and Leanne Shapton.
In my "Writing for the Anthropocene" class this morning, we discussed the collection Not Too Late, ed. by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua. Here's a quote from the book that seems right for Bluesky:
November 20, 2024 at 2:25 AM
In my "Writing for the Anthropocene" class this morning, we discussed the collection Not Too Late, ed. by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua. Here's a quote from the book that seems right for Bluesky:
Made a lunch-hour painting. Fall day.
November 20, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Made a lunch-hour painting. Fall day.