"I'm amazed at how fast the interest has grown in writing in English by writers of South Asian origin, whether they're living in India, living in South Asia, or they are expatriate writers living here or immigrant American writers like Jhumpa Lahiri and me. The size of the community of such writers and the body of work produced has happened so fast."
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Pulitzer Prize winnersNovelists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesWomen from the United StatesHindus from the United States
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2007 interview in Conversations with Bharati Mukherjee Edited by Bradley C. Edwards (2009)
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