Sri Lanka

On Authenticity, Research, and Writing From the Diaspora

V.V. Ganeshananthan on Writing About Sri Lanka

 
By V.V. Ganeshananthan  January 4, 2023
Language

What a Global Approach to Writing Teaches Us

By Ru Freeman  June 21, 2022
Fiction/Non/Fiction

Sunila Galappatti on the #GotaGoHome Protests in Sri Lanka

By Fiction Non Fiction  May 26, 2022
Tourism

How “Dark Tourism” Warps Our Understanding of History

By Hasanthika Sirisena  December 14, 2021
The Hub

With help from kids, a 90-year-old Sri Lankan author set a new world record for alternate endings.

By Aaron Robertson  March 6, 2020
Tragicomedy

How Fiction Fuses the Incompatible Realities of Religion and Comedy

By Randy Boyagoda  July 9, 2019
Politics

As Sri Lanka Goes So Goes the World

By Ru, Duranya, and Hasadri Freeman  April 28, 2019
Reconciliation

In the Aftermath of Civil War, a Writing Workshop Aims for Peace

By Sarah Hoenicke  April 9, 2019
News and Culture

On the Myth of Stockholm Syndrome and Women Guerrilla Fighters

By Nimmi Gowrinathan  November 16, 2018
Features

At the Intersection of Nationalism, Religion, and Social Media

By Literary Hub  March 22, 2018
Craft

Balancing Bollywood Inspiration with American Expectations

By SJ Sindu  June 14, 2017
What to Read

8 Great Books by LGBTQ Authors From Places Where It’s Illegal to Be Gay

By Emily Temple  May 17, 2017
Excerpts

The Story of a Brief Marriage

By Lit Hub Excerpts  September 9, 2016
Travel

Why I Became a Travel Writer

By John Gimlette  February 24, 2016
Essay

Can Literature Heal the Scars of a Nation?

By Nayomi Munaweera  February 22, 2016
Excerpts

What Lies Between Us

By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 19, 2016

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