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The In Conversation section of Tint Journal is a place where discussions about ESL writing, books, and authors take place, where writers, readers, and book lovers come to share ideas, discover new favorite books, and read up on up-and-coming authors.

The section is divided in reviews, where our volunteers introduce our readers to new ESL books and old classics of the genre; interviews, where ESL authors share their creative secrets, their love for language, and their future projects; profiles, where our volunteers discover and present to us valuable names in the world of ESL writing.

Each article features an area for discussion at the bottom, where our readers can ask writers and editors questions or engage in conversation with one another. And if you are the writerly type rather then the readerly one, you can contact us and we’ll walk you through writing your very own In Conversation article!

It’s time to grab a cup of tea and get ready to discover your next favorite ESL book!

Interview

July 21st, 2025

Soft Susurrus — An Interview with Wing Lam Tong

by Tim Tim Cheng

Wing Lam Tong is a Hong Kong-born writer based in the UK. With a background in literature and cultural theory, her work explores themes of ...read the full piece >>

Review

July 7th, 2025

Harsh, Harrowing, Honest, and Humorous — A Review of “ELIS: Irish Call Girl” by Anna Rajmon

by Jose Ramos

Hailing from the Czech Republic, Anna Rajmon is an author and illustrator with a love for dark humor, biting sarcasm, and unconventional storytelling. ...read the full piece >>

Review

June 23rd, 2025

The Distance Between Intellect and Intimacy — A Review of Mariam Rahmani’s “Liquid”

by Layla Sabourian

In her ambitious debut novel Liquid (Algonquin Books, 2025), Mariam Rahmani explores the porous boundaries of identity, faith, and desire through the ...read the full piece >>

Interview

June 13th, 2025

Fragments as Form, Pieces of Story — In Conversation with Writer Mandira Pattnaik

by Niki Radman

Mandira Pattnaik is an Indian writer whose work appears in The Rumpus , Emerson Review , Quarterly West , Best Small Fictions Anthology (2021 & 2024) ...read the full piece >>

Other

May 30th, 2025

To My Dear Friend on a Hill in the Clouds — In Memory of Marjorie Agosín

by Dolores Hunsky

In early March 2025, Marjorie Agosín, a Jewish Chilean American poet, human rights activist and professor of Spanish at Wellesley College, passed ...read the full piece >>

Review

May 12th, 2025

“Red Birds” Takes off with Absurdism in Literature on Proxy Wars — A Book Review of “Red Birds” by Mohammed Hanif

by Seher Hashmi

Published in 2018 (Bloomsbury), Red Birds by Mohammed Hanif, an acclaimed British-Pakistani novelist, ushers in absurdism into the arena of postmodern ...read the full piece >>

Review

April 28th, 2025

The Cost of Conformity — A Review of “The Death of Vivek Oji” by Akwaeke Emezi

by Dolores Hunsky

The Death of Vivek Oji (Riverhead Books, 2020) is a captivating novel that focuses on family, friends, identity, and belonging. It explores the ...read the full piece >>

Interview

April 14th, 2025

Thick Descriptions: Articulating Human Contestation of the Crisis — In-Conversation with Author Ranjana Padhi

by Preeti Kathuria

Born in Berhampur, Orissa, eastern India, Ranjana Padhi is a political activist, author, and editor. She has been involved in autonomous collectives ...read the full piece >>

Review

March 31st, 2025

Leaps of Passion and Perseverance — A Review of Juhea Kim’s “City of Night Birds”

by Andrea Färber

Juhea Kim is a rising star in the literary sky. Her first published novel Beasts of a Little Land (Ecco, 2021) became an international bestseller and ...read the full piece >>

Interview

March 17th, 2025

The Body as Our Universal Mother Tongue — A Conversation with Mimi Kunz

by Christina Wunder

Mimi Kunz, born in 1986 in Germany, is a Brussels-based visual artist and poet. After studying painting and graphics in Germany, she did residencies ...read the full piece >>
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