Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Volume 58, Issue 6 (2022)

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Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Volume 58, Issue 6 (2022)

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Special Focus: Bangladeshi Literature in English; Guest Editors: Mohammad A. Quayum and Md. Mahmudul Hasan

Introduction

Introduction
Bangladeshi literature in English: A thrice born tradition
Mohammad A. Quayum & Md. Mahmudul Hasan
Pages: 733-743
Published online: 09 Dec 2022
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Articles

Article
Panchayat and colonialism in Humayun Kabir’s Men and Rivers
Md. Mahmudul Hasan
Pages: 744-757
Published online: 20 Jun 2022
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“Here I’ll stay”: Kaiser Haq’s poems and the impact of being at home
Kathryn Hummel
Pages: 758-772
Published online: 10 Aug 2022
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Toxic grace? Tahmima Anam’s The Bones of Grace and the pollution trade
Md. Alamgir Hossain
Pages: 773-786
Published online: 07 Dec 2022
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Beyond national(ist) binaries: The case of Zia Haider Rahman’s In the Light of What We Know
Md Rezaul Haque
Pages: 787-801
Published online: 07 Dec 2022
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Interview

Delving beneath the surface: An interview with Monica Ali
Sadaf Saaz
Pages: 802-816
Published online: 16 Dec 2022
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Poetry

Poetry
Two poems by Kaiser Haq
Kaiser Haq
Pages: 817-819
Published online: 10 Jan 2023
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Poetry
She – Manasha
The female-energy that looks over Bengal
Sadaf Saaz
Pages: 820-821
Published online: 10 Jan 2023
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Poetry
A City of Cynics
“Now imagine the dread of a writer from Dhaka.” (Kaiser Haq)
Mohammad Shafiqul Islam
Pages: 822-823
Published online: 19 Dec 2022
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The contested city: Speculative fiction and metropolitan imagination in colonial Bengal
Atanu Bhattacharya & Preet Hiradhar
Pages: 824-838
Published online: 26 Oct 2022
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“Golden hour”: Nostalgia and the demise of the Muslim urban space in Twilight in Delhi and Sunlight on a Broken Column
Zehra Kazmi
Pages: 839-853
Published online: 14 Nov 2022
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Beyond the “‘recruitable’ narrative”? The fictive portrayal of Pakistani Christians in Nadeem Aslam’s The Golden Legend
Madeline Clements
Pages: 854-868
Published online: 09 Sep 2022
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Can the Subaltern laugh? Humour, translatability, and the inequalities of World Literature
Aya Labanieh
Pages: 869-882
Published online: 16 Dec 2022
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Obituary

Obituary
Wong Phui Nam: Passing of a postcolonial literary pioneer
Mohammad A. Quayum
Pages: 883-884
Published online: 12 Nov 2022
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Babu Bangladesh!
by Numair Atif Choudhury, New Delhi, Fourth Estate, 2019, 410 pp., ₹ 599.00 (hardback), ISBN-10: 9353570573
Rakibul Hasan Khan
Pages: 885-886
Published online: 28 Jun 2022
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Khwabnama
by Akhtaruzzaman Elias, translated by Arunava Sinha, India, Penguin Random House, 2021, 545 pp., ₹699 (hardback), ISBN 9780670087211
Ishrat Ara Khatun
Pages: 886-887
Published online: 28 Jun 2022
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Bangladeshi literature in English: A critical anthology
edited by Mohammad A. Quayum and Md Mahmudul Hasan, Dhaka, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, 2021, 312 pp., Tk. 350.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-984-35-0677-1
Goutam Karmakar
Pages: 887-888
Published online: 28 Jun 2022
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