Thursday, May 25, 2023
The Fall - Translation in Defunct Magazine
Appadurai Muttulingamayya's beautiful story in my translation out now in Defunct magazine. This magazine, formerly an Iowa University's brain child, now comes out from the Long Island University's creative writing department. This is my second appearance in the magazine. Thank you editors!
SPOTLIGHT ON WRITERS – JEGADEESH KUMAR - Spill Words Interview
Spill words Press interviewed with some interesting questions. It was a good opportunity to ponder about my inner processes as writer.
It irritates me, especially in writing, when people only preach and do not practice. I take great care not to inflate my ego through my writing. Writing should be used to self-explore, not to paint large-scale fake depictions of your ugly self. When I find living writers who claim to be messiahs caught red handed in their dishonorable act, I cringe. I constantly check myself to see if I am able to reflect my true self in what I write or if I am attempting to elevate myself simply because I am endowed with the ability to mindlessly type innumerable letters on the keyboard.
It irritates me, especially in writing, when people only preach and do not practice. I take great care not to inflate my ego through my writing. Writing should be used to self-explore, not to paint large-scale fake depictions of your ugly self. When I find living writers who claim to be messiahs caught red handed in their dishonorable act, I cringe. I constantly check myself to see if I am able to reflect my true self in what I write or if I am attempting to elevate myself simply because I am endowed with the ability to mindlessly type innumerable letters on the keyboard.
Rope Snake - A translation
Writer Jeyamohan's Tamil short story "Kayitraravu" has been published in Spillwords Press magazine as Rope Snake on March 22, 2023.
It was evening time in the month of May. In the enormous courtyard of the Nagercoil Club sat Captain Benny Anderson and Lieutenant Brian Potts in iron chairs on either side of the large, second-hand wrought iron table bought from the army and drank chilled beer in large glass mugs.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
A Primal Quality - Translation
My translation of the acclaimed writer Appadurai Muttulingam's short story A Primal Quality has been accepted for publication and is out now in Impspired, a UK-based magazine. A print version of the same story will be placed in its next print edition.
Thanks to the editor Steve Cawte for considering this piece and Appadurai Muttulingam ayya for granting me permission to translate the story.
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