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
January 22nd, 2024
The Ungrateful Refugee’s Voice: An Interview with Dina Nayeri
by Viktoriia Medvied
Dina Nayeri is an Iranian-American novelist, essayist, short-story writer, author of two novels and two books of creative nonfiction (Who Gets ...read the full piece >>Review
January 8th, 2024
A World of One’s Own: A Review of Yiyun Li’s "The Book of Goose"
by Samiksha Tulika Ransom
A month ago, I happened to chance upon Yiyun Li’s interview in the Bad Form review, where she talks about her ‘aha! moment’ for The Book of Goose ...read the full piece >>Interview
December 27th, 2023
An Interview with Catarina Letria on History-Writing, English as a Lingua Franca, and Literary Fiction
by Elnura Huseynova
I first met award-winning fiction author Catarina Letria in Budapest during the first semester of the History in the Public Sphere program (HIPS), ...read the full piece >>Review
December 4th, 2023
Love and Resilience: A Review of "River Spirit" by Leila Aboulela
by Olga Pinjung
River Spirit (2023) is a history lesson carefully wrapped in a blanket of masterful storytelling filled with fascinating characters. It tells the ...read the full piece >>Interview
November 20th, 2023
Out of the Imagination, Into the Real World: An Interview with Vanesa Erjavec
by Dolores Hunsky
The anthology Tinted Trails: Exploring Writings in English as a Second Language (2023) has been published and anyone who has seen it knows that it ...read the full piece >>Review
November 6th, 2023
A Challenge Against Fate — A Review of Aravind Adiga’s "The White Tiger"
by Viviana De Cecco
Author Aravind Adiga recently stated in an interview that his novel contains no autobiographical elements and that his characters are only figments of ...read the full piece >>Other
October 23rd, 2023
Notes On Reading
by Hantian Zhang
Recently, a friend found on goodreads.com my 2023 reading list, and it seemed long to him. Interested, he asked me to share a tip or two on reading: ...read the full piece >>Interview
October 9th, 2023
Writing Sudan: An Interview with Sudanese Writer Reem Gaafar on her Debut Novel "A Mouth Full of Salt"
by Ibrahim Fawzy
Sudanese author Reem Gaafar won the 2023 Island Prize for her debut novel A Mouth Full of Salt (to be released 2024), becoming the first Sudanese ...read the full piece >>Review
September 25th, 2023
At The Beginning of Hope: A Review of Ocean Vuong’s "Time Is a Mother"
by Namita Suberi
Death and grief inspire many. These feelings then find footing on the page. We know many a poet who turn to poetry to cope with death and everything ...read the full piece >>Interview
September 11th, 2023
Varying On Points, Skirting All Canons: Hideko Sueoka on Poetry-as-Sound and the Japanese Anglophone Poet
by Sam Dapanas
Hideko Sueoka is the author of Untouched Landscape (Clare Songbirds Publishing House, 2018) and translator of Shigeichi Nagano: Magazine Work 60s ...read the full piece >>