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Meena Kandasamy

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Poetry, Fiction, Contemporary

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DR MEENA KANDASAMY is a poet-activist with over 200,000 followers. She has been translated into more than 20 languages. Her previous novel, When I Hit You, was shortlisted for the Women's Prize. Her viral poetry collection, Ms Militancy, is a symbol of feminist rebellion across India. In 2022, Meena was awarded the PEN Germany Prize for being a "fearless fighter for human rights.” She has two sons. ...more

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Average rating: 4.04 · 9,102 ratings · 1,464 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife 4.07 avg rating — 6,560 ratings — published 2017 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exquisite Cadavers 3.82 avg rating — 638 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gypsy Goddess 3.79 avg rating — 605 ratings — published 2014 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Orders Were To Rape You: Tigresses in the Tamil Eelam Struggle 4.28 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ms Militancy 4.17 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You 4.15 avg rating — 128 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Desire 4.10 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Poem Will Provoke You 4.07 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Touch 4.15 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dalit History by Meena Kandasamy (Goodreads Author), Gopal Guru 4.14 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Let me tell you something that goes against popular wisdom. Love is not blind; it just looks in the wrong places.”
― Meena Kandasamy, When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife

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“The problem with thinking up a new and original idea within a novel is that you have to make sure that Kurt Vonnegut did not already think of it.”
― Meena Kandasamy, The Gypsy Goddess

tags: fiction, kurt-vonnegut, metafiction

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“I am the woman who is willing to display her scars and put them within exhibition frames. I am the madwoman of moon days. I am the breast-beating woman who howls. I am the woman who wills the skies to weep in my place.”
― Meena Kandasamy, When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife

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What will be our June 2018 Open Pick?

Remember, if you vote for a book and it wins, you are implicitly promising to read the book and participate in the discussion (the penalty for not following through is one month's harassment by online 21st Century Lit chat bots).

The poll will be open through April 30th. (Note: Check for availability before voting. You can change your vote at any time prior to the closing of the poll.) Discussion will begin on June 1st.

Laurus by Evgenij Vodolazkin

8 votes, 47.1%

The Gallows Pole by Benjamin Myers

5 votes, 29.4%

When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife by Meena Kandasamy

3 votes, 17.6%

The Time In Between by David Bergen

1 vote, 5.9%

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“Just because this is a novel set in rural India, do not expect a herd of buffalo to walk across every page for the sake of authenticity.”
― Meena Kandasamy, The Gypsy Goddess

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“Everything is so precariously held together here that you might want a helping hand. Nobody is going to teach you that right after a harvest, poorly paid labourers were hungry enough to smoke out rodent holes and steal back the grains of paddy pilfered by rats. But you will manage. You will learn to relate without family trees. You will learn to make do without a village map. You will learn that criminal landlords can break civil laws to enforce caste codes. You will learn that handfuls of rice of rice can consume half a village. You will loafer learn that in the eyes of the law, the rich are incapable of soiling their hands with either mud or blood. You will learn to wait for revenge with the patience of a village awaiting rain.”
― Meena Kandasamy, The Gypsy Goddess

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