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The In Conversation section of Tint Journal is a place where discussions about ESL writing, books, and authors take place, where writers, readers, and book lovers come to share ideas, discover new favorite books, and read up on up-and-coming authors.

The section is divided in reviews, where our volunteers introduce our readers to new ESL books and old classics of the genre; interviews, where ESL authors share their creative secrets, their love for language, and their future projects; profiles, where our volunteers discover and present to us valuable names in the world of ESL writing.

Each article features an area for discussion at the bottom, where our readers can ask writers and editors questions or engage in conversation with one another. And if you are the writerly type rather then the readerly one, you can contact us and we’ll walk you through writing your very own In Conversation article!

It’s time to grab a cup of tea and get ready to discover your next favorite ESL book!

Review

November 22nd, 2021

Growing Up Through Trauma and Deep Displacement — A Review of "Sandpaper Tongue, Parchment Lips" by Melanie Hyo-In Han

by Matic Ačko

Through the scattered, yet vivid poems of Sandpaper Tongue, Parchment Lips , Melanie Hyo-In Han tells the story of being a young girl belonging to ...read the full piece >>

Interview

November 8th, 2021

Bridging Across Cultures and Languages — An Interview with the kollektiv sprachwechsel

by Filippo Bagnasco

In this interview, conducted in written form, I had the pleasure to talk to Ovid Pop and Laura M. Pana from the kollektiv sprachwechsel (engl.: ...read the full piece >>

Review

October 25th, 2021

Change and Tradition in "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" by Yiyun Li — A Review

by Qing Xu

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2005) by Yiyun Li seeks to carve a middle way for Chinese-American literature, between relentless political ...read the full piece >>

Review

October 8th, 2021

A Powerful Translingual Cli-Fi Story — A Review of "Gun Island" by Amitav Ghosh

by Lisa Schantl

Translingual, Calcutta born writer Amitav Ghosh is known for his well-researched and densely crafted works of fiction and nonfiction, often concerned ...read the full piece >>

Review

September 15th, 2021

From Individual Voices to a Political Project — A Review of "DREAMing Out Loud: Voices of Undocumented Writers"

by Filippo Bagnasco

DREAMing Out Loud: Voices of Undocumented Writers is the 2020 annual anthology of the eponymous writing workshop for undocumented immigrants in New ...read the full piece >>

Other

August 9th, 2021

Writers in (Climate) Crisis — A Reading on Climate Change

by Lisa Schantl

On Thursday, August 5, 2021, the Klima-Kultur-Pavillon at Freiheitsplatz, a temporary installation in Graz, became the stage for an artistic ...read the full piece >>

Review

June 29th, 2021

“There is no story that is not true”: A Timeless Classic in Restless Times — A Review of "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe

by Andrea Färber

In Things Fall Apart (1958), one of the most prominent writers of African literature, Chinua Achebe, tells the story of Okonkwo. Readers find ...read the full piece >>

Review

May 30th, 2021

The Importance of Finding a Home in One’s Own Body — A Review of "home body" by Rupi Kaur

by Sandra Tanzmeister

In her latest poetry collection home body (2020), Rupi Kaur gives an intimate glimpse into the journey of her mind and body and her experiences as a ...read the full piece >>

Review

May 15th, 2021

“The word laughter is trapped inside slaughter”: Trauma, Vulnerability, and Healing in "On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous" by Ocean Vuong — A Review

by Lucija Todoric

Ocean Vuong’s novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous narrates Little Dog’s coming-of-age story written as letters to his illiterate mother. Little ...read the full piece >>

Other

April 30th, 2021

Why Write in English? Non-Native Speakers and Their Love for a Language

by Teresa Sailer

“My choice of the respective language comes very naturally and without consciously deciding on it, as I feel that I can express different aspects of ...read the full piece >>
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