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— Indian Literature (Sahitya Akademi publication) | ‘Presenting a Pioneer’. Review of Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu by Kalyan N Raman. January 2022. (read here.)

— Femfounder.co | “Your Word Is Your Brand” with Jenny Bhatt. Interview about Desi Books. December 2021.

— The Wire | ‘New Work in the City’ by Soumya Anand, featuring Each of Us Killers. December 2021.

— NB Magazine UK | The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 edited by Steph Cha and Alafair Burke reviewed by Paul Burke. November 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 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.

— 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.

— 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.

— 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 Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 | ‘Return to India’ (opening story in Each of Us Killers) selected for this award-winning anthology in the Best American series. More soon.

— 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.

— The Hindu | Review of Each of Us Killers by Tabish Khair. January 2021.

— TheDispatch.in | Excerpt from Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu: ‘Gulabvahu’. 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.

— Deccan Herald | ‘Best Indian Reads of 2020’ featuring Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu. 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.

— ShethePeople | Excerpt from Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu: ‘When a Devi Ma Becomes a Woman’. 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.

— TheNewsNow.co.in | Books We Recommend This Week featuring Ratno Dholi: The Best Stories of Dhumketu. December 2020.

— National Book Critics Circle | Review of Each of Us Killers for the John Leonard Prize 2020 Nominations by Shoba Viswanathan. December 2020.

— The Hindu Business Line | Review of Each of Us Killers: ‘Life’s Like That’ by Jonaki Ray. November 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.

— India Currents | Review of Each of Us Killers: ‘Each of Us Killers: Vignettes of Immigrant and Indian Lives’ by Lopa Basu. November 2020.

— Poets & Writers | The Time Is Now Series: Mind on Music (Writing Prompt). 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.

— Small Press Distribution (SPD) | Each of Us Killers on the SPD Fiction Bestsellers List for September & October 2020. November 2020.

— News18 | Feature: ‘Dhumketu, an Under-appreciated Gujarati Author, Who Changed the Landscape of Indian Storytelling’ by Aishwarya Sahasrabuddha. 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.

— New York Journal of Books | Review of Each of Us Killers by Murali Kamma. October 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.

— Open the Magazine | Review of Each of Us Killers: ‘The Bloodlust’ by Sukhada Tatke. 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.

— Shelf Awareness | Review (starred): Each of Us Killers. October 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. Dallas Morning News. 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.

— 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.