The In Conversation section of Tint Journal is a place where discussions about writing in English as a second language, and about ESL books and their authors take place. Here, writers, readers, and book lovers come together to share ideas, discover new favorite books, and read up on up-and-coming authors.
The section is divided into reviews, where our contributing writers introduce new ESL books and old classics of this category; interviews, where ESL authors share their insights into craft, their love for language, and their future projects; and profiles, where we invite you to discover valuable individuals in the world of ESL writing.
If you would like to contribute your own article to In Conversation, please review our submission guidelines and contact our section editors.
But first: Grab a cup of tea and get ready to discover your next favorite ESL book!
Profile
February 16th, 2026
by Sabyasachi Roy
Some authors settle. They find their comfort zone and never leave. Jhumpa Lahiri never got that memo. She started writing in English, became a star, ...read the full piece >>Review
February 2nd, 2026
by Jana Yin
Juhea Kim’s new book, A Love Story From the End of the World: Stories (Ecco, 2025), is a collection of ten short stories that span a spectrum of ...read the full piece >>Review
January 19th, 2026
by Amritesh Mukherjee
In a heavily gendered and surveilled society, how do you protect yourself? How do you find yourself? How do you reclaim yourself? Anisha Lalvani’s ...read the full piece >>Interview
January 12th, 2026
by Lisa Schantl
Natasha Lvovich is a writer and scholar of multilingualism and of multilingual literature, based in New York, with Russian origins and a global ...read the full piece >>Review
January 5th, 2026
by Anushree Nande
Tayyba Kanwal is a Pakistani-American writer and Literary Director at Inprint. In her debut short story collection Talking With Boys (Black Lawrence ...read the full piece >>Other
December 22nd, 2025
by Ebenezer Mowete
There’s a certain loneliness that comes with thinking in one language and writing in another. It feels like standing between two mirrors — your ...read the full piece >>Review
December 8th, 2025
by Sabyasachi Roy
Let’s not pretend we don’t know what’s happening outside. It’s September, it’s hot when it shouldn’t be, storms are tearing up coasts with all the ...read the full piece >>Interview
November 24th, 2025
by Srijani Mitra
Kunjana Parashar is a poet based in Mumbai, India. Her debut poetry book, They Gather Around Me, the Animals, selected by Diane Seuss, won the 2024 ...read the full piece >>Review
November 10th, 2025
by Viviana De Cecco
The Man Who Could Move Clouds (Doubleday, 2022) is much more than an autobiography. It explores universal themes such as family ties, identity, ...read the full piece >>Interview
October 27th, 2025
by Lisa Schantl
Srikanth Reddy is a poet, literary editor, and book critic. A teacher at the University of Chicago since 2003, he is also the author of various poetry ...read the full piece >>Supported by:
