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
August 4th, 2025
Science Was a Ritual and the British Didn’t Notice — A Review of Amitav Ghosh's “The Calcutta Chromosome”
by Sabyasachi Roy
Let’s start with a small confession: I didn’t expect this book to be this weird. Or good. But mostly weird. The Calcutta Chromosome (first published ...read the full piece >>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) and ...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 >>