Amitava Kumar’s Substack
Amitava KumarNotes and drawings. Dispatches from a writer's life.
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The Healed Femur Theory of History
I sent my friend two pictures of deer in my backyard. I had noticed that one of the deer had only three legs. In the past, I had sometimes seen deer with a lame hind leg: I imagined a car had swerved to avoid hitting the deer but the driver...
Life's a Pitch
On waking up this morning, I saw that Ila had sent a text about a dream she had. Kiese and I were the last professors left and then Hua joined us. I made my drawing of Mbappé: I’ve been making a single drawing, mostly unsuccessful, of his f...
Everybody Loves A Good Riot
Joe Sacco’s excellent report from India The Once and Future Riot was published by Metropolitan Books in the U.S. last year but its publication in India has run into trouble. The book was to be published by Penguin India and in recent weeks...
How To Fail Properly
The new issue of Brick is out. Among the offerings are pieces and interviews with some of my favorite people—plus a series where writers have been asked to share their obsessions (50 words). See below. I’m one of the contributing writers an...
Emma Thompson is Indignant
An evening in May. Classes were over and it was either just before graduation or the day after. I was taking a walk on my college campus and stopped for a minute to take a picture for my friend Jordan. I send her occasional pics unimaginati...
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Writer. Novels include Immigrant, Montana (Knopf, 2018); A Time Outside This Time (Knopf, 2021); My Beloved Life (Knopf, 2024). Bylines: Granta, Harper's, New Yorker, NYT. Vassar prof. Guggenheim, Cullman Center Fellow.
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