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Lunch With a Bigot: The Writer in the World
By
Amitava Kumar
Amitava Kumar
Amitava Kumar is Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English at Vassar College. He is the author of
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Duke University Press
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This content is made freely available by the publisher. It may not be redistributed or altered. All rights reserved.
ISBN electronic:
978-0-8223-7539-5
Publication date:
2015
This personal essay tells the story of the discovery of reading. It uses A. K. Ramanujan’s short story “Annayya’s Anthropology” and other Indian fiction to discuss books from India and Pakistan as commodities exchanged for wheat from the U.S. under the PL 480 library program.
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