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Mithila Review

Issue 2 · April 2016

Subcontinental Speculations

Original speculative fiction by Vandana Singh, Indrapramit Das, and poetry by international voices.

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14 works 3 fiction · 5 poetry · 4 essays & articles · 2 interviews Edited by Salik Shah

Fiction

3 works

01 Valley of Tears Rabi Thapa 02 Sanjeev and Robotwallah Ian McDonald 03 The Adventure Jayant Vishnu Narlikar

Poetry

5 works

01 The Epilogue of Flight 714 Arjun Rajendran 02 Two Poems Arkady Martine 03 Two Poems Seo-Young Chu 04 Bharat Iyer: Bug Season Bharat Iyer 05 Priya Sarukkai Chabria: Rai Parveen Mahal, Orchha Priya Sarukkai Chabria

Essays & Articles

4 works

01 Blue-Shifted Futures Vajra Chandrasekera 02 AfroSF Now: A Snapshot, Seven Novels and a Film Mark Bould 03 Raqib Shaw and the Nostalgia for Paradise Ajapa Sharma 04 A Plan to Survive Year Zero Salik Shah

Interviews

2 works

01 Arkady Martine: "What I am doing when I write – in part – is trying to formulate a poetics of exile." Salik Shah & Arkady Martine 02 Kij Johnson: "I have learned to walk away from failing stories instead of flailing at them." Salik Shah & Kij Johnson

Contributors

Ajapa Sharma Arjun Rajendran Arkady Martine Bharat Iyer Ian McDonald Jayant Vishnu Narlikar Kij Johnson Mark Bould Priya Sarukkai Chabria Rabi Thapa Salik Shah Seo-Young Chu Vajra Chandrasekera