Amitava Kumar

Amitava Kumar is a writer and journalist who was born in Ara, in India, and now teaches at Vassar College in upstate New York. He is the author of several works of nonfiction and three novels. His novel IMMIGRANT, MONTANA was on the best of the year lists at The New Yorker, The New York Times, and President Obama’s list of favorite books of 2018. His new novel A TIME OUTSIDE THIS TIME was described by the New Yorker magazine as “a shimmering assault on the Zeitgeist.” His most recent title, THE BLUE BOOK: A WRITER’S JOURNAL, is a collection of drawings and journal entries. Kumar’s work has appeared in Granta, The New York Times, Harper’s, BRICK, Guernica, The Nation and several other publications. He has been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship and residencies from Yaddo, MacDowell, and the Lannan Foundation. More at www.amitavakumar.com