Karan Mahajan

Karan Mahajan is the author of two novels, including The Association of Small Bombs, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He is an Associate Professor of Literary Arts at Brown. (September 2023)

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A Brief Efflorescence

The early Aughts were a period when New York became the center of the world both politically and musically, the city itself the subject of songs and romance.

Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City, 2001–2011

by Lizzy Goodman

Meet Me in the Bathroom

a documentary film directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace

September 21, 2023 issue

Avoidance Issues

In his new novel, Mohsin Hamid wholeheartedly embraces the role of the “world writer.”

The Last White Man

by Mohsin Hamid

April 6, 2023 issue

India’s Streaming Auteurs

Realistic depictions of religion, sexuality, and politics have been off-limits in Bollywood for decades, but in recent years directors were able to bypass censorship by moving to the small screen.

July 1, 2021 issue

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