Anandi Mishra

2 days ago | artreview.com | Anandi Mishra

This fierce modern-day novel – about a woman with a congenital muscle disorder who makes fame in erotic fiction – demands to be read and rereadEarly on in this novella, its central protagonist, Shaka, reflects on the day that divided her life into a ‘before and after’: ‘For twenty-nine years now, I have been residing in Nirvana.

2 weeks ago | memoirland.substack.com | Anandi Mishra

I fell in love with cats only recently. Six years ago, my partner and I moved into a new neighbourhood in New Delhi known more for its stray dogs than cats, and fell completely in love with these scrappy little furry beings. One small meow at a time, these slim, small creatures competed for our attentions and affections, scooping up many of our waking hours.

2 months ago | lithub.com | Anandi Mishra

In the last year, especially its second half, as the world continued to get more and more entangled in many ways of its own making, popular culture morphed into a more fraught version of itself. Life online, or in reality for that matter, became a distinct afterthought, a mirror image of what it once used to be or mean or stand for. With rising recession, job losses and steadily depleting quality of life on the planet, the surroundings were bleaker than before.

Feb 8, 2025 | scurfofyesterday.substack.com | Anandi Mishra

Lately, I’ve been reading the work of a few (three) Scandinavian (women) writers. I do realize that I’m reading these poems, essays, novels in translation. They’ve originally been written in languages — Norwegian, Danish — that I’ve very little to no access.

Aug 23, 2024 | scurfofyesterday.substack.com | Anandi Mishra

For this edition of Conversations, I spoke with writer A. S. Hamrah. Hamrah’s work has appeared in a number of publications, including n+1, Bookforum, The Baffler and Harper’s. A collection of his work, The Earth Dies Streaming: Film Writing, 2002–2018 (n+1 Books), was called “essential reading” by The Nation and “form-bending, disobedient” by New York magazine. From 2008 to 2016, he was a brand analyst for the television industry.