In Conversation
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!
Interview
September 14th, 2026
A Reflection of the Past and a Collection of Love, Politics and Life - An Interview with Zama Madinana
by Yvonnie S. Kunkeyani
’94 (2023) is a full-length poetry collection by Zamokuhle (Zama) Madinana, a poet based in South Africa whose work has been featured in various ...read the full piece >>Review
September 7th, 2026
On the End of the World — A Review of “Under the Blue” by Oana Aristide
by Lisa Schantl
How do you imagine the end of the world? — Wait, let me rephrase: How do you imagine the end of the human species: Will we cease to exist due to a ...read the full piece >>Review
August 17th, 2026
Chapter's Still Unwritten — A Review of “Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation” by Geena Rocero
by Sam Dapanas
Geena Rocero is a Filipino-born American supermodel, writer, filmmaker, television host, and transgender rights advocate based in New York. Born and ...read the full piece >>Other
August 3rd, 2026
Writing the Same Body Twice — Microfiction, Self-Translation, and Controlled Loss
by Azul Rivera
When I translate my own microfiction between Spanish and English, the text is never untouched. Some images disappear, sentences shorten while others ...read the full piece >>Review
July 26th, 2026
Surviving and Community on the Fringes of Society — A Review of “The Emperor of Gladness” by Ocean Vuong
by Luka Peters
In The Emperor of Gladness (Penguin Press, 2025), Ocean Vuong returns to Connecticut’s working class and immigrant community. He invites us to witness ...read the full piece >>Profile
July 18th, 2026
Jack Kerouac — The Restless Writer Who Put America on the Road
by Patrichia Dcruze
When America embraced suburbia, routine, and the comfort of stability after WWII, one writer was diving into jazz, highways, and mysticism, the rawest ...read the full piece >>Review
June 22nd, 2026
The Woman Behind the Goddess — A Review of “The Forest of Enchantments” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
by Jana Yin
For centuries, Sita has been worshipped in India as the embodiment of strength, righteousness, and devotion. In The Forest of Enchantments ...read the full piece >>Review
June 8th, 2026
Korean Women and the Pursuit of Education and Freedom — A Review of “All Things Under the Moon” by Ann Y. K. Choi
by Joyce Bou Charaa
How did Korean women in the 1920s, a time when Korea was occupied by Japan, manage to pursue education and freedom in a traditional patriarchal ...read the full piece >>Profile
May 25th, 2026
Lore Segal — A Life in Sentences
by Ayesha Usman
There are writers who shout, writers who dazzle, writers who conquer rooms. And then there are writers like Lore Segal — who sit quietly, observe ...read the full piece >>Review
May 11th, 2026
A Praise Song for Creatures Big and Small — A Review of “They Gather Around Me, the Animals” by Kunjana Parashar
by Ashish Kumar Singh
Mumbai-based poet Kunjana Parashar won the 2024 Barbara Stevens Poetry Book Award, judged by Diane Seuss, for her debut poetry book They Gather Around ...read the full piece >>