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, 2021
"Once Upon a Time in the East": A Story of Growing Up by Xiaolu Guo — A Review
by Ailun Shi
Xiaolu Guo in her memoir, Once Upon a Time in the East, writes an eye-opening tale to China's history framed in the gripping anecdotes of personal ...read the full piece >>Review
December 21st, 2020
The Immigrants’ Grit: A Review of "How to Pronounce Knife" by S. Thammavongsa
by Richard M. Cho
An excellent short story collection from the Laotian-Canadian writer Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife, is a fitting title for a book by ...read the full piece >>Review
November 17th, 2020
America through Indian Eyes — A Review of "My Dateless Diary" by R. K. Narayan
by Pulkita Anand
With his work My Dateless Diary, Indian English novelist R. K. Narayan (1906-2001) made a detour from his fiction writing. Travelogue had not been a ...read the full piece >>Interview
October 11th, 2020
A Lover of Language and Place — An Interview with Ines Rodrigues
by Kathy Curto
Ines Rodrigues is a writer on the move. Even when she’s not. The self-proclaimed seeker of sights and wonders, all recorded on the captivating blog, ...read the full piece >>Review
August 31st, 2020
The Countless Names for Longing — A Review of "Longing" by Giulia de Gregorio Listo
by Ferdoss Shaarani
Longing is a poetry collection written by Brazilian poet Giulia de Gregorio Listo in 2019. She has been featured in The Junction, Literati Magazine, ...read the full piece >>Interview
July 27th, 2020
Writing Against Collective Amnesia: An Interview with Ha Jin
by Carolina Varga
Xuefei Jin, widely known by his pen name, Ha Jin, is a Chinese-American novelist, short story writer and poet. Ha Jin was born in China in 1956 and ...read the full piece >>Profile
July 13th, 2020
Indian Writer Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and the Diasporic Conflict
by Ram Kulesh Thakur
Being in a very close contact with the Western countries for more than two centuries, it is natural for one to find ‘East meets West’ issues in Indian ...read the full piece >>Review
June 29th, 2020
"Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits" by Laila Lalami — A Review
by Christina Egger
Hope and other dangerous pursuits by Laila Lalami, is a collection of short stories that explore the different paths of a group of Moroccan immigrants ...read the full piece >>Review
June 15th, 2020
"Waiting" by Ha Jin — A Review
by Martina Braunegger
Waiting for love. Waiting for life. Waiting for freedom. Waiting only to realize that what you have been waiting for is not what you want after all. ...read the full piece >>Review
June 5th, 2020
"Lilies from America" by Carmen Bugan — A Review
by John Salimbene
The love of one’s country is a life-long battle for many. For Carmen Bugan, patriotism is a garden, flourishing with buds of beauty, betrayal, ...read the full piece >>