New Nepal New Voices (Anthology of short stories) – Sushma Joshi and Ajit Baral

The stories in New Nepal, New Voices illustrate that Nepali writing in English is not only alive but bursting with energy. Gone are the days of tortured metaphors borrowed from Shelley and Keats, the days of believing that the only way we could write was by mimicking the literary giants of our southern neighbour. The narratives in this book are distinctively Nepali, but they also move beyond the boundaries of the parochial, landlocked Nepal and reveal a country whose physical space is as fluid as its national identity.
Samrat Upadhyay
Sushma Joshi is a Nepali writer and filmmaker. Her writing has been published in Vietnam, Philippines, Italy, Germany Australia, England and USA, in publications like Utne Reader, Ms. Magazine, East of the Web, Cold River Review, SAMAR Magazine, Buran, Saigon Tiep Thi magazine, etc. Her short story anthology, titled End of the World is forthcoming. She founded and edited Reproductions, an online journal, via Harvard University.
Ajit Baral is a writer based in Kathmandu. He has contributed to Biblio: A Review of Books, Tehelka, The Book Review, The Daily Star, and to several other Nepali newspapers and journals. His collection of interviews with international writers was published in 2007. He edits Read, a quarterly book magazine and runs a publishing house called FinePrint.
New Nepal New Voices (Anthology of short stories) – Sushma Joshi and Ajit Baral