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
May 16th, 2022
Four Questions with Therese Estacion: On Speculative Poetry, Writing with/about Disability, and Filipino-Canadian Literature
by Sam Dapanas
Therese Estacion is part of the Visayan diaspora community. She spent her childhood between Cebu and Gihulngan, two distinct islands found in the ...read the full piece >>Review
May 2nd, 2022
“If you're happy in a dream, does that count?” — A Review of Arundhati Roy’s “The God of Small Things”
by Namita Suberi
The God of Small Things (1997) is Arundhati Roy’s debut novel and it won her the Booker Prize in 1997. Its story is a celebration of love and memory, ...read the full piece >>Profile
April 18th, 2022
Layla Sabourian: Building a Brighter Future from the Darkness of the Past
by Fayette Bruun
Born amid the disruption of the Iranian Revolution in a country where women have been systemically oppressed for decades, Layla uses her suffering to ...read the full piece >>Review
April 4th, 2022
A Sordid Story Told With A Slant Of Humour — A Review of "How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia" By Mohsin Hamid
by Seher Hashmi
If you wish to relish in humour that smoothly changes its pace and texture, then this compact novel of 228 pages titled How to Get Filthy Rich in ...read the full piece >>Review
March 21st, 2022
To Simply Be — A Review of Aleksandar Hemon’s "The Book of My Lives"
by Qing Xu
“Truth is stranger than fiction,” opined Mark Twain. In this collection of “real stories” — as the writer Aleksandar Hemon puts it himself — readers ...read the full piece >>Review
March 7th, 2022
We Will Not Forget: "Don’t Forget Us Here" by Mansoor Adayfi — A Review
by Olga Pinjung
Don’t Forget Us Here is a book about endurance, brotherhood, suffering and finding happiness in hell: Guantánamo. It offers a painful yet hopeful and ...read the full piece >>Review
February 21st, 2022
Overlooked: Being Korean in Japan — A Review of "Pachinko" by Min Jin Lee
by Chiara Meitz
Pachinko (2017) by Min Jin Lee leads us into the lives of a Korean family in Japan during the 20th century. Her narrative follows four generations ...read the full piece >>Review
February 7th, 2022
Through the Lens of a Traveller: A Review of "Icon" by Chiara Maxia
by Joselle Ali
For this review, our volunteer Joselle had the pleasure of interviewing actress and author Chiara Maxia. As she unravels the text, she sets out to ...read the full piece >>Review
January 24th, 2022
“In Guam, even the dead are dying” — A Review of Julian Aguon’s "The Properties of Perpetual Light"
by Andrea Färber
Coming to terms with loss and what it means to grow up in a country that is never truly one’s own, The Properties of Perpetual Light (2021) is a ...read the full piece >>Profile
January 10th, 2022
At the Intersection of Human Rights and Literature — A Profile of Argentine-Chilean Writer Ariel Dorfman
by Margarita Beatriz Escobar
Ariel Dorfman is one of South America’s most successful and influential living authors. His legacy is one of both literary masterpieces and human ...read the full piece >>