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1. THE SHEHNAI VIRTUOSO AND OTHER STORIES (JULY 2022; DEEP VELLUM)
2. RATNO DHOLI: THE BEST STORIES OF DHUMKETU (OCT 2020; HARPERCOLLINS INDIA)
3. EACH OF US KILLERS: STORIES (SEP 2020; 7.13 BOOKS)
4. OTHER NEWS/INTERVIEWS

THE SHEHNAI VIRTUOSO AND OTHER STORIES (JULY 2022; DEEP VELLUM)

• Publishers Weekly | Review of The Shehnai Virtuoso and Other Stories by Dhumketu (tr. by Jenny Bhatt). June 2022.
• Kirkus Reviews | Review of The Shehnai Virtuoso and Other Stories by Dhumketu (tr. by Jenny Bhatt). June 2022.

RATNO DHOLI: THE BEST STORIES OF DHUMKETU (OCT 2020; HARPERCOLLINS INDIA)

• The Quint | ‘Tomb of Sand’ – And Why There is No Such Thing as ‘Untranslatability’. June 2022.
• The Hindu | Dropping their invisibility: 12 Indian translators discuss their forthcoming works. May 2022.
• Indian Literature (Sahitya Akademi publication) | ‘Presenting a Pioneer’. Review of Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu by Kalyan N Raman. January 2022.
• The Book Review | Reaching Out to the Roots of Gujarati Literary Imagination. Review of Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu by Pratishtha Pandya. October 2021.
• Global Voices | Literary translation from South Asia lags in international markets. Interviewed by Dr. Sangita Swechcha. September 2021.
• Valley of Words | An Author’s Word: Jenny Bhatt. Interview related to Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu. August 2021.
• BlogChatter | A Reader, An Author, and A Translator Together Make a Translation Successful Say Jenny Bhatt and Jayasree Kalathil. August 2021.
• Purple Pencil Project | In Conversation with Jenny Bhatt. Interviewed by Prakruti Maniar. July 2021.
• The Dispatch | The best books of 2021 so far: Fiction, non-fiction, translations and more. July 2021.
• PFC-VoW Book Awards | Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu shortlisted for English Translations from Regional Languages. June 2021.
• PFC-VoW Book Awards | Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu longlisted for English Translations from Regional Languages. April 2021.
• Deccan Chronicle | Review of Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu by Kushalrani Gulab: “Worlds within worlds in Dhumketu’s best classic short stories.” March 2021.
• Indian Express | Review of Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu by Ashish Mehta: How Dhumketu transformed Gujarati literature with his short stories. February 2021.
• The Hindu | Review of Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu by Mihir Vatsa: A Weave of Emotions. February 2021.
• Scroll.in | Excerpt from Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu. January 2021.
• TheDispatch.in | Excerpt from Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu: ‘Gulabvahu’. January 2021.
• Deccan Herald | ‘Best Indian Reads of 2020’ featuring Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu. December 2020.
• ShethePeople | Excerpt from Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu: ‘When a Devi Ma Becomes a Woman’. December 2020.
• TheNewsNow.co.in | Books We Recommend This Week featuring Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu. December 2020.
• Times of India | Sunday Special Feature: ‘New genres in new tongues; Indian translations are getting richer’ by Sonam Joshi. November 2020. (view clipping)
• Firstpost | Healing the helpless, only to be banished by society: Read a short story from Dhumketu’s Ratno Dholi anthology. November 2020.
• Hindustan Times | Review of Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu by Suhit Kelkar. November 2020.
• WomensWeb India | Review of Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu: “Ratno Dholi May Be A Masterclass In Detailing Human Emotions, Even If Problematic” by Vijayalakshmi Harish. November 2020.
• News18 | Feature: ‘Dhumketu, an Under-appreciated Gujarati Author, Who Changed the Landscape of Indian Storytelling’ by Aishwarya Sahasrabuddha. November 2020.
• Bombay Reads | Interview with Noman Ahmed Shaikh for Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu: ‘I Aimed to Stay True to the Writer’s Intention’. November 2020.
• India Booked Podcast | Interview with Ayushi Mona for Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu. ‘Gujarat, Dhumketu, and Translations’. November 2020.
• Firstpost | Interview with Aishwarya Sahasrabudhe for Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu. ‘Bringing Dhumketu to a new century: Jenny Bhatt discusses translating the pioneering Gujarati writer’s short stories’. November 2020.
• Platform Magazine | Interview with Nidhi Verma for Each of Us Killers. Platform Magazine. November 2020.
• Scroll.in | Interview with Urvashi Bahuguna: A debut can happen at any age. Coming late to publishing doesn’t mean coming late to writing.’ November 2020.
• Caravan Magazine | Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu featured on Caravan’s Bookshelf. October 2020.
• Rediff.com | Excerpt from Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu: ‘The Post Office’ (Part 2). October 2020.
• Deccan Herald | Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu featured on Bookrack for the Week (Oct 25th to Oct 31st). October 2020.
• The Daily Guardian | Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu. October 2020.
• Rediff.com | Excerpt from Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu: ‘The Post Office’ (Part 1). October 2020.
• Firstpost | Books of the week: From Romila Thapar’s Voices of Dissent to The Best Stories of Dhumketu, our picks. October 2020.
• The New Indian Express | Interview with Monika Monalisa for Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu: ‘Timeless Connections’. October 2020.
• Bombay Reads | Ratno Dholi, English Translation of Dhumketu’s Short Stories is Here. October 2020.
• HarperCollins India Blog | Excerpt from Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu: ‘On the Banks of the Sarayu’. October 2020.

EACH OF US KILLERS: STORIES (SEP 2020; 7.13 BOOKS)

• The Writer | Getting to know desi literature. Interview by Yi Shun Lai. June 2022.
• Bookriot | Is there such a thing as a reliable narrator? In conversation with Stacey Lee Megally. April 2022.
• The Wire | ‘New Work in the City’ by Soumya Anand, featuring Each of Us Killers. December 2021.
• Bookriot | Launching a Book During a Pandemic: Authors on Pivoting, Promoting, and Perspective. Interview by Stacey Megally. October 2021.
• Singapore Unbound | Life and Death in the Workplace: A review of Each of Us Killers by Ho Kin Yunn. August 2021.
• Pleiades Magazine | Beyond the Model Minority: A Review of Each of Us Killers by Namrata Verghese. August 2021.
• The Creative Process Podcast | Interviewed by Mia Funk and Diya Basu. July 2021.
• Seema Magazine | Author Jenny Bhatt Is Testing New Waters. June 2021.
• Each of Us Killers wins in the Foreword INDIES 2020 Book of the Year Short Stories category and is a finalist in the Multicultural Adult Fiction category. June 2021.
• Small Press Distribution (SPD) | Each of Us Killers on the SPD Fiction Bestsellers List for May 2021. June 2021.
• Kenyon Review | Summer Reading: KR Recommends (Each of Us Killers). June 2021.
• The Short Story (TSS) Publishing | Review of Each of Us Killers by Janet H Swinney. May 2021.
• rob mclennan’s blog | 12 or 20 Questions with Jenny Bhatt. May 2021.
• Jaggery Lit | Drunk on Ink Q & A with Jenny Bhatt and Each of Us Killers: Stories. Interviewed by Soniah Kamal. April 2021.
• Shoutout DFW | Meet Jenny Bhatt | Writer; Literary Translator; Literary Critic; Podcast Host (Desi Books); Writing Instructor (Writing Workshops Dallas). April 2021.
• Each of Us Killers is nominated as a Foreword INDIES 2020 Book of the Year Finalist in the Short Stories and Multicultural Adult Fiction categories. March 2021.
• Small Press Distribution (SPD) | Each of Us Killers on the SPD Fiction Bestsellers List for January & February 2021. March 2021.
• The Cardamom Pod | ‘Book Talking’ with podcast host and Kajal Magazine editor-in-chief and founder, Nadya Agrawal. February 2021.
• Khabar Magazine | Talk Time: Desi Author and Advocate with Reetika Khanna. February 2021.
• Asian Books Blog | Contemporary Voices: Elaine Chiew Chats with Jenny Bhatt, Author of Each of Us Killers. January 2021.
• The Hindu | Review of Each of Us Killers by Tabish Khair. January 2021.
• Seema Network | Each of Us Killers featured on ‘5 of the Best Books of 2020 by South Asian Women’ by Meher Manda. January 2021.
• Small Press Distribution (SPD) | Each of Us Killers on the SPD Fiction Bestsellers List for November & December 2020. January 2021.
• Platform Magazine | Review of Each of Us Killers by Nidhi Verma. December 2020.
• Buzzfeed Books | ‘These Are the Best Book Covers of 2020’ featuring Each of Us Killers (cover design: Harshad Marathe.) December 2020.
• Dhaka Tribune | ‘2020: The Year in Books’ featuring Each of Us Killers. December 2020.
• BOMB Magazine | List featuring Each of Us Killers: ‘The Intimate Suggests the Epic: A Year in Small Press and Indie Publications’. December 2020.
• Bloom Site | Interview with Shoba Viswanathan for Each of Us Killers: ‘Writing Beyond Saris and Slums’. December 2020.
• This Podcast Will Change Your Life | Interview with Ben Tanzer for Each of Us Killers. December 2020.
• Advice to Writers | Interview with Jon Winokur for Each of Us Killers. December 2020.
• Vagabond Lit | Review of Each of Us Killers by Jefferson Lee. December 2020.
• Phoebe Journal | Review of Each of Us Killers by Bareerah Y. Ghani. December 2020.
• Largehearted Boy | List featuring Each of Us Killers: ‘Favorite Short Story Collections of 2020’ by David Gutowski. December 2020.
• Book Riot | List featuring Each of Us Killers: ’10 Short Story Collections by Asian Authors Released in 2020′ by Stacey Megally. December 2020.
• Puerto del Sol | Review of Each of Us Killers by Pardeep Toor. December 2020.
• National Book Critics Circle | Review of Each of Us Killers for the John Leonard Prize 2020 Nominations by Shoba Viswanathan. December 2020.
• Poets & Writers | The Time Is Now Series: Mind on Music (Writing Prompt). November 2020.
• Columbia Journal | Interview by Shalvi Shah for Each of Us Killers: ‘On Intersectional Character Dynamics & Subverting their Tropes: An Interview with Jenny Bhatt’. November 2020.
• The Hindu Business Line | Review of Each of Us Killers: ‘Life’s Like That’ by Jonaki Ray. November 2020.
• India Currents | Review of Each of Us Killers: ‘Each of Us Killers: Vignettes of Immigrant and Indian Lives’ by Lopa Basu. November 2020.
• Small Press Distribution (SPD) | Each of Us Killers on the SPD Fiction Bestsellers List for September & October 2020. November 2020.
• Bustle Magazine | The Best Short Story Collections of 2020, From ‘Daddy’ to ‘Verge’. October 2020.
• NRI Pulse | Review: Each of Us Killers by Jenny Bhatt: ‘Powerful anthology deftly explores complexities of life’ by Jyothsna Hegde. October 2020.
• Electric Literature | Interview with Harsimran Gill for Each of Us Killers: How Much Does Your Job Shape Your Identity? October 2020.
• New York Journal of Books | Review of Each of Us Killers by Murali Kamma. October 2020.
• Open the Magazine | Review of Each of Us Killers: ‘The Bloodlust’ by Sukhada Tatke. October 2020.
• Shelf Awareness | Review (starred): Each of Us Killers. October 2020.
• Book Q&A with Deborah Kalb | Interview with Deborah Kalb about Each of Us Killers. October 2020.
• PEN America | The PEN Ten Interview with Jared Jackson. October 2020.
• The Southeast Review | Interview with Aram Mrjoian. October 2020.
• Asian America Podcast | Interview with Ken Fong. September 2020.
• The Rumpus | Interview with Madhushree Ghosh: ‘Always the Story First.’ September 2020.
• BOMB Magazine | Interview with Anjali Enjeti: ‘Older People Do Reinvent Themselves.’ September 2020.
• Writer’s Digest | Interview with Cassandra Lipp: ‘Breaking In: Debut Authors: How They Did It; What They Learned; and Why You Can Do It Too.’ September 2020. (excerpt with permission: Page 1, Page 2)
• Maudlin House | Interview with Jaya Wagle: ‘We Avoid Stereotypes by Making Characters More Complex.’ September 2020.
• Fierce Womxn Writing Podcast | Interview with Sara Gallagher. September 2020.
• City Lights Bookstore | 5 Questions with Jenny Bhatt, Author of Each of Us Killers. September 2020.
• Debutiful | Interview with Adam Vitcavage: ‘Jenny Bhatt Wants to Read Every Culture’s Story.’ September 2020.
• The Other Stories Podcast | Interview with Ilana Masad; Episode 261 – “Disappointment” by Jenny Bhatt. September 2020.
• Rewire News | Interview with Sarah Neilson: ‘What Does It Mean to Be a Black or Brown Person at Work?’ September 2020.
• South Asian Avant-Garde Anthology (SAAG) | Video Interview with Kamil Ahsan. September 2020.
• Small Press Distribution (SPD) | Each of Us Killers on the SPD Fiction Bestsellers List for July & August 2020. September 2020.
• Small Press Distribution (SPD) | SPD Recommends Each of Us Killers. September 2020.
• Short Story September UK | Each of Us Killers ~ Jenny Bhatt. September 2020.
• Texas Public Radio | Review of Each of Us Killers by Yvonne Benavides. September 2020.
• Dallas Morning News | Review of Each of Us Killers: ‘D-FW Based Author Jenny Bhatt’s Debut Collection Reveals A World of Humanity’ by Joyce Saenz Harris. September 2020.
• The National Book Review | 5 Hot Books. September 2020.
• Bloom | FIVE in BLOOM: Latter-Year Reads. September 2020.
• The Millions | Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Nunez, Rankine, Bhatt, and More. September 2020.
• Bustle Magazine | The Best New Books Out The Week Of September 7. September 2020.
• Bustle Magazine | 26 Most Anticipated Books of September 2020. September 2020.
• Ms. Magazine | September 2020 Reads for the Rest of Us. September 2020.
• Picture Book | New Books Out September 8th. September 2020.
• The Millions | September Preview: The Millions Most Anticipated (This Month). September 2020.
• Debutiful | 6 Debut Books You Should Read This September. September 2020.
• Writing Workshops Dallas | Video Interview with Danielle Morvan. August 2020.
• Kirkus Reviews | Fall Preview: Must-Read Story Collections. August 2020.
• Entropy Magazine | August and September: Small Press Releases. August 2020.
• The Millions | Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2020 Book Preview. July 2020.
• Literary Hub | Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2020, Part 2. July 2020.
• Kirkus Reviews | Review of Each of Us Killers. July 2020.
• Electric Literature | The Most Anticipated Debuts of the Second Half of 2020. June 2020.
• Publishers Weekly | Review of Each of Us Killers. June 2020.
• Big Other | Big Other’s Most Anticipated Small Press Books of 2020. January 2020.

OTHER NEWS/INTERVIEWS

• Huffington Post India | Interview with Saudamini Jain: ‘Can Single Women In Indian Books Live Happily Ever After’. January 2020.
• ShethePeople India | Interview with Archana Pai Kulkarni: ‘My Reading Habit: Once I Commit to a Book, I’m All In’. June 2019.
• Literary Hub Book Marks | ‘Secrets of the Book Critics’ Series. September 2018.
• Hofstra’s Windmill Journal | ‘Great Writers and What They’re Reading’ Series. May 2017.
• Amazon’s Day One Literary Journal | Interview with the Editor about ‘The Golden Amulet’ December 2016.
• WPKN Tidings with Hazel Kahan Podcast | Interview with Hazel Kahan on ‘Writing Letters (Part I)’. March 2014.