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Panorama of the Past
New Mexico was the closest DH Lawrence came to a religious experience. Tishani Doshi says it is still there for the taking in Taos Valley where language and landscape reflect each other
Open the Magazine | June 6, 2025
I Searched the World’s Holiest Places for a God
When I was growing up in India, gods and religions seemed to be everywhere. But I needed to find faith my own way.
The New York Times | May 18, 2025
‘And above all light’: Writer Tishani Doshi on the ‘truthfulness’ of ‘truth’
‘Truth – rarely smelled or tasted, sometimes spoken and heard, but frequently framed through the sense of the eye...’
Scroll.in | March 15, 2025
Tender, yet creepy
Dolls help children create wonderfully vivid and imaginative worlds, while also serving as unsettling reminders of the abyss
AEON | September 16, 2024
1113: Egrets, While War by Tishani Doshi
Today’s compelling poem honors the ancient and indomitable essence of human beings who continue on even in the face of tragedy, who crossover into the perfect fullness of their truth and emotions.
Slowdown | May 8, 2024
Tishani Doshi, author, a god at the door - “My poems tread between horror and beauty”
Poet, essayist, and fiction writer Tishani Doshi who is also a visiting associate professor at New York University Abu Dhabi talks about her new poems that explore themes of impermanence, disembodiment, isolation, and the need for connection
Hindustan Times | October 21, 2021
The Much-Awaited New Book From Tishani Doshi Is Here
Tishani Doshi’s new book of poetry tackles hyper-nationalism and misogyny head on, transforming a collective grief, anger and loneliness into hope.
Femina | September 07, 2021
Poem of the week: Homage to the Square by Tishani Doshi
This spiralling meditation inspired by the artist Josef Albers has a quietly political thrust.
The Guardian | May 31, 2021
Advice for Pliny the Elder, Big Daddy of Mansplainers By Tishani Doshi
A Poem
The New York Review | March 25, 2021
Poet of Honour: Tishani Doshi
Poet of Honour is a series of Ars Notoria and Word Masala Foundation’s celebration of some of the best contemporary poets who have become iconic and a major inspiration.
ARS NOTORIA Humane Socialism | March 2, 2021
2021 in books: What to look forward to this year
In April: A God at the Door by Tishani Doshi
The witty, wise and clear-eyed novelist, dancer and poet deploys both rage and sharp analysis covering issues from the precarious state of the environment to the treatment of women.
The Guardian | January 02, 2021
Tishani Doshi: ‘There is something mysterious about writing’
Award-winning writer Tishani Doshi tells Anand Raj OK why some parts of her life seep into her works and how living in Abu Dhabi has offered her a new perspective of India.
Friday Magazine | May 04, 2020
A Brush With Fragile Bushland
Novelist Tishani Doshi on the ‘ecotastrophy’ threatening the wildlife and prehistoric landscape of Australia’s Blue Mountains
The Wall Street Journal | January 22, 2020
In South India, a Fragmented Family Turns Into an Overflowing One
Tishani Doshi’s novel sends an unhappy expat home to Tamil Nadu to start a new life with a sister she never knew she had.
The New York Times Book Review | January 22, 2020
Tishani Doshi: 'I can go out alone at night – but the dangers don’t go away'
The Welsh-Indian poet, dancer, and writer talks about the realities of life for women in Tamil Nadu and her hit poem Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods
The Guardian | July 27, 2019
Small Days and Nights by Tishani Doshi review – a howl of hatred and grief
Questions of duty in a well-to-do Indian family turn into murderous rage in this extraordinary novel
The Guardian | April 22, 2019
Sisters and daughters
Doshi’s novel is about contemporary India in the best sense.
Live Mint | April 5, 2019
Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods by Tishani Doshi review – bold and brave
It’s impossible not to cheer for the poet’s third collection, with her reflections on female bodies and violence feeling exceptionally timely
The Guardian | December 18, 2018
Writing a Battle Cry for #MeToo, Before It Was a Movement
For this installment in an interview series with contemporary poets, Peter Mishler corresponded with Tishani Doshi. Doshi was born in Madras, India in 1975.
LITHUB| October 22, 2018