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!
Review
January 15th, 2023
Reminiscing about Dignity and Unvoiced Love — A Review of Kazuo Ishiguro’s "The Remains of the Day"
by Lisa Schantl
As 2022 came to an end, I picked Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro’s prize-winning novel The Remains of the Day (1989) from my shelf, not knowing that it ...read the full piece >>Review
December 5th, 2022
A Man’s Redemption — A Review of Desire Nana’s "Much Like Joseph (From Pit to Glory)"
by Viviana De Cecco
This is a book about poverty, violence, loneliness and pain, but mostly about faith in God, hope and redemption. It is the autobiographical story of ...read the full piece >>Review
November 14th, 2022
Between Biotechnology and Ethics — A Review of Kazuo Ishiguro’s "Never Let Me Go"
by Margarita Beatriz Escobar
We live in a world where medical scientific experimentation has ramifications that reach deep into every aspect of our lives. Its discoveries could ...read the full piece >>Review
October 24th, 2022
Legends Reincarnate — A Review of Kehinde Akano’s "Pajepolobi"
by Adewuyi Ayodeji
Nigerian writer Kehinde Akano is well recognized for writing against oppression and injustice in human society. He was the winner of the 2021 ...read the full piece >>Interview
October 3rd, 2022
Five Questions with Shawn Hoo: On Singaporean English, Writings from Asia’s Queer Mecca, and Ecopoetry
by Sam Dapanas
Shawn Hoo is the author of Of the Florids (2022), winner of the Diode Editions Chapbook Prize. A writer and editor from Singapore, his poems are ...read the full piece >>Review
September 21st, 2022
“We burned with the desire to ascend those slopes ourselves” — A Review of Amitav Ghosh’s "The Living Mountain"
by Damisha Salim
A story within a story, part dream, part memory of a grandma tale from childhood, The Living Mountain: A Fable for Our Times (2022) is a new, short ...read the full piece >>Review
September 5th, 2022
Unearthing Coordinates Of A Lost Earth — A Review of "Sarva Anshantun Apan / The Coordinates Of Us" by Sanket Mhatre & Rochelle Potkar
by Kavita Parwani Talib
Behind every poem there is a secret message for someone and when you read Sarva Anshatun Appan/The Coordinates of Us, you might find a few of your ...read the full piece >>Review
August 22nd, 2022
The Ministress of the Political Essay — A Review of Arundhati Roy’s "Azadi"
by Sam Dapanas
In her 2020 collection of essays, Indian novelist, activist and essayist Arundhati Roy takes up questions of language, cultural belonging, literature ...read the full piece >>Review
August 8th, 2022
Making Poetry out of Wounds — A review of "The Country with no Playgrounds" by Elena Croitoru
by Ilias Tsagas
Elena Croitoru is a British-Romanian writer, holding a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing from the University of Cambridge. The Country With No ...read the full piece >>Review
July 25th, 2022
Life, God, and the Land — A Review of "Pilgrim Bell" by Kaveh Akbar
by Seher Hashmi
Kaveh Akbar is a prominent American poet of Iranian origin who shot to fame for resorting to poetry to fight off addiction. His first pamphlet ...read the full piece >>