Thayil, Jeet
About Jeet Thayil
Biography (Poetry International Archives)
Reviews
Parkinson-Bennett, Matthew. “Dust to Dust.” Times Literary Supplement, no. 6109, 2020
Bradley, James. "A Book of Chocolate Saints Review." Spectator, no. 3891, 2018
Newport, Sarah Elizabeth. “‘Unnatural Offences’, Postcolonial Problems: The Ambivalent Position of Hijras in Contemporary Indian Law and Literature.” South Asian Review, vol. 38, no. 1, 2017
O' Connor, Maurice. "The Narcotic Memes of Bombay." Wasafiri, vol. 30, no. 3, 2015
Gomes, James. "Narcopolis Review." Rocky Mountain Review, vol. 68, no. 2, 2014
“Narcopolis.” Library Journal, vol. 138, no. 6, Apr. 2013
King, Bruce. “Varieties of Indian Literature.” Journal of Postcolonial Writing, vol. 48, no. 4, 2012
Sethi, Anita. “Deep in a Dream.” New Statesman, vol. 141, no. 5092, 2012
“Lotus-Eaters.” Economist, vol. 402, no. 8770, 2012
Joseph, Anjali. “Chemical Reaction.” Times Literary Supplement, no. 5682, 2012
Scharf, Michael. “The Other Mother Tongue.” Boston Review, vol. 35, no. 3, 2010
King, Bruce. “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.” American Book Review, vol. 26, no. 3, 2005
Perry, John Oliver. “World Literature in Review: India.” World Literature Today, vol. 67, no. 2, 1993
Interviews
Hall, Amy. “Interview with Jeet Thayil.” New Internationalist, no. 457, 2012
Bose, Siddhartha. "An Interview with Jeet Thayil." Wasafiri, vol. 27, no. 1, 2012
Mateer, John. "A World of Indian Poets: An Interview with Jeet Thayil." Westerly, vol. 56, no. 2, 2011
Criticism
Hitchcock, Peter. “The Speed of Place and the Space of Time: Toward a Theory of Postcolonial Velo/City.” The Postcolonial Contemporary, 2018
O’Connor, Maurice. “The Narcotic Memes of Bombay: Jeet Thayil’s Narcopolis.” Wasafiri: The Magazine of International Contemporary Writing, vol. 30, no. 3, 2015
Chakravorty, Mrinalini. “Of Dystopias and Deliriums: The Millennial Novel in India.” A History of the Indian Novel in English, Anjaria (ed.), 2015
Works
Novels
The Book of Chocolate Saints (2018)
Narcopolis (2012)
Poetry Collections
Collected Poems (2015)
These Errors are Correct (2008)
English (2004)
Apocalypso (1992)
Essays/Articles/Non-Fiction/Short Stories
“Chronicles of Deaths Foretold: Rereading Roberto Bolano’s 2666.” Times Literary Supplement, no. 6093, 2020
“Dom Moraes: A Poet’s Progress.” A History of Indian Poetry in English, Chaudhury (ed.), 2016
“The Book of Bruce.” New Soundings in Postcolonial Writing, Wilson and Ringrose (eds.), 2016
“‘The Diaspora of Poets’: A Conversation with Philip Nikolayev.” Journal of Postcolonial Writing, vol. 42, no. 2, 2006
“Divided Time: India and the End of Diaspora.” Journal of Postcolonial Writing, vol. 42, no. 2, 2006
“Tripping in Father’s Footsteps.” Asiaweek, vol. 22, no. 48, 1996
Audio and Audiovisual Material
Book Launch: Low by Jeet Thayil in Conversation with Nandini Nair. YouTube, 17 Mar. 2020
Meet the Author: Jeet Thayil. YouTube, 7 Nov. 2019
Self-Censorship 'Tremendously Worrying': Author Jeet Thayil To NDTV. YouTube, 26 Oct. 2020
15 Reasons to Not Become a Poet by Jeet Thayil. YouTube, 13 Aug. 2016
Jeet Thayil Answers Questions by his Readers. YouTube, 8 Dec. 2017
Two Poets Reading: Jeet Thayil and Srikanth Reddy. YouTube, 3 Apr. 2015
“I Don’t Want to Choose” Deepa Mehta and Jeet Thayil on Identity and Art. YouTube, 28 Jul. 2013
Jeet Thayil Reads from Nacropolis. YouTube, 5 Apr. 2013
Beautiful People with Jeet Thayil. YouTube, 21 Oct. 2012
Interview with Jeet Thayil on Nacropolis. YouTube, 16 Oct. 2012
Jeet Thayil Talks to Global Poetry System. YouTube, 10 May 2010