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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 7h

Check out my latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode where I speak with my dear brilliant friend @arunikashyap.bsky.social about his cool new novel, How to Date A Fanatic. Check it out: newbooksnetwork.com/how-to-date-...

Poster promoting latest New Books Network episode featuring the interview of author Aruni Kashyap about his new novel.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Proofs are finally in! This essay should be out soon, hopefully by later this month. It is such a dream to be published by New Literary History! Super excited!

Image of the title page of the essay Emancipating Universalism by Arnab Dutta Roy

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Haha! CatTV drives my cats absolutely nuts! They love it!

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Spring 2027 courses are ready to roll. Now, just hoping for good enrollment 🤞🏾

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Please check out this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode where I speak to @shreedaisy.bsky.social about her fantastic new novel, Alice Sees Ghosts. Link below: newbooksnetwork.com/alice-sees-g...

Image features information about Daisy Rockwell’s novel Alice Sees Ghosts and link to podcast.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I have long admired & followed @amitbaishya.bsky.social’s work, so I was delighted to find this wonderful book in my mailbox today. Many thanks, Amit, for generously sending me a copy from your own personal stash. I can’t wait to read it and then have a conversation with you about it.

Cover image of the book Attunement of Others by Amit Baishya

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Came home after a long day of work to find this beautiful gift! Thank you so much @shreedaisy.bsky.social! This absolutely made my day! 🩷🩷

Image displaying the cover of book Mixed Metaphor by Daisy Rockwell.

This image shows the opening page of Mixed Metaphors signed by the author, Daisy Rockwell.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In the last @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, I speak with the brilliant @aarthivadde.bsky.social about her fantastic new book We the Platform: How the Internet Changed Twenty First-Century Literature. Please check it out: newbooksnetwork.com/we-the-platf...

Information about New Books Network episode on Aarthi Vadde’s book We The Platform

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

In the latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, I had the great privilege of speaking with Guadeloupian author Marie Léticée and translator Kevin Meehan about their novel Camille's Lakou. Please check it out: newbooksnetwork.com/camilles-lakou

New Books Network webpage featuring information about episode on novel Camille’s Lakou

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

My summer graduate course Utopias from the Global South is ready to roll! Excited!

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Please check out this latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode where I speak with Jeffrey De Leo about his edited book Theory as World Literature. newbooksnetwork.com/theory-as-wo...

Webpage for the podcast episode “Theory as World Literature” featuring Jeffrey R. Di Leo showing the book cover, audio player, and summary of the book’s theme

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Back with another @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, where I speak with my brilliant friend Sumana Roy about her book, Plant Thinkers of Twentieth-Century Bengal (OUP, 2024). Please check it out. newbooksnetwork.com/plant-thinke...

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Check out this generous and insightful review of The Postcolonial Bildungsroman in From the European South by Francesca Furlan of University of Padua @ualbertapress.bsky.social www.fesjournal.eu/numeri/10th-...

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

His twin lives in our banana tree!

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Such an amazing experience today sharing the platform with the amazing & brilliant Susan Muaddi Darraj along with my dear co-editor and collaborators @somishmash.bsky.social, @robinfield.bsky.social and @amitbaishya.bsky.social! And wow, how gorgeous is Swarthmore College!

An image of the ongoing event The Role of Empathy in Literature at Swarthmore College.

Descriptive flyer for the event The Role of Empathy in Literature at Swarthmore College.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social did a cool feature on me in their newsletter about using podcasts in the classroom! Check it out!! substack.com/home/post/p-...

Image of Arnab Dutta in a New Books Network feature on how to use podcasts as pedagogical tools in the classroom.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Excited about visiting my friend @somishmash.bsky.social at Swarthmore College later this month for this amazing event, in which I will be in conversation with him and the amazing Susan Muaddi Darraj on Empathy in Literature!

Flyer on event titled The Role of Empathy in Literature feature panel discussion with Susan Muaddi Darraj, Arnab Dutta Roy, and Shailen Mishra

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Looking forward having a great conversation about our books on the Postcolonial Bildungsroman with my dear co-editors & guest speaker, the wonderful Dr. Myra Mendible. If you are in Fort Myers, please consider joining!

Flyer for book launch event on recently published co-edited collections on the Postcolonial Bildungsroman.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Check out my latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, where I chat with Sourit Bhattacharya about his terrific book Postcolonialism Now: Literature, Reading, Decolonising (Orient BlackSwan, 2024) newbooksnetwork.com/postcolonial...

An image of a webpage with information about Sourit Bhattacharya’s book Postcolonialism Now and link to the podcast.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Was a real honor to be recognised for my research at the Authors & Artists Awards ceremony at FGCU. Also psyched to be sharing the spotlight with my brilliant colleagues & friend Laci Mattison who was honored for her excellent new book on Virginia Woolf!

Scholar receives an award during an indoor ceremony while attendees sit facing a screen displaying cover of the book The Postcolonial Bildungsroman along with details about the co-editors.

Close-up of an “Authors & Artists Awards” certificate presented by FGCU to Dr. Arnab Dutta Roy for the book The Postcolonial Bildungsroman: Narratives of Youth, Representational Politics and Aesthetic Reinventions (February 12, 2026)

Two scholars stand beside a university display table, each holding a recently published book—one on the postcolonial Bildungsroman and the other on Virginia Woolf.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

New Episode Alert! 🎙️ Super excited to share with you my latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode where I speak with Neelum Saran Gour about her Sahitya Academi Award winning novel, Requiem in Raga Janki. newbooksnetwork.com/requiem-in-r...

New Books Network page featuring Requiem in Raga Janki by Neelum Saran Gour

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

After a brief hiatus, I’m delighted to return to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with a fantastic lineup of episodes planned for Spring/Summer2026, starting with an episode on my brilliant undergrad prof Neelum Saran Gour's Sahitya Akademi Award–winning novel Requiem in Raga Janki. Stay tuned!

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

The Postcolonial Bildungsroman is well represented at #mla2026toronto, all thanks to the wonderful @mlobkowicz.bsky.social and @ualbertapress.bsky.social team! Many thanks for the picture Michelle!

The book The Postcolonial Bildungsroman on display at MLA 2026

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Hello friends, the postcolonial bildungsroman volumes are out now. Please consider checking them out, using them in your research, courses, reviewing them, ordering them for your personal or university libraries, and spreading the word. @ualbertapress.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social

Image featuring a cat standing next to two books on display. The Postcolonial Bildungsroman: Narratives of Youth, Representational Politics, and Aesthetic Reinventions (with University of Alberta Press) and The Postcolonial Bildungsroman and the Character of Place (with University of Nebraska Press).

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Look what arrived in the mail! Grateful to have collaborated with @somishmash.bsky.social & such a world-class crew of scholars and interlocutors. Stay tuned—an extended edition with Brill, featuring additional essays & interviews, is coming soon! Link to the issue: brill.com/view/journal...

Image of the cover of JWL special issue, “Constructing the Other: Narrative Empathy & the Ethics of Border-Crossing in World Literature”

Image of the backcover of JWL special issue, “Constructing the Other: Narrative Empathy & the Ethics of Border-Crossing in World Literature”

Image of the intro to the JWL special issue, “Constructing the Other: Narrative Empathy & the Ethics of Border-Crossing in World Literature”

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Just received my copies of the Postcolonial Bildungsroman and the Character of Place! It looks fantastic! Many thanks to my co-editors, Paul Ugor and Simone Puleo, our wonderful contributors, and the fantastic folks at @univnebpress.bsky.social

Image of Arnab Dutta Roy sitting indoors while holding up a book titled The Postcolonial Bildungsroman and the Character of Place.

Two books on display stands: The Postcolonial Bildungsroman and the Character of Place (teal cover) and The Postcolonial Bildungsroman (illustrated cover).

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Great chatting with @shreedaisy.bsky.social, International Booker Prize–winning translator/writer, about writing &translating across borders. This intervw appears in Constructing the Other:Empathy & the Ethics of Imagining Difference in Literature, co-edited with @somishmash.bsky.social, Brill 2027

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The Postcolonial Bildungsroman and Character of Place ( with @univnebpress.bsky.social) drop Jan 1! Get 40% off with code 6AF25 on the UNP site. If you’d like to review the book, let me know & I will arrange a reviewer’s copy. Thanks for the support! www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

A University of Nebraska Press flyer showing the l book cover of The Postcolonial Bildungsroman and the Character of Place, a brief description and praise quote, editor bios, publication details, and a 40% discount with the code 6AF25

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Cool email to wake up to! 🙌🏼

Acceptance letter confirming Dr. Arnab Dutta Roy’s essay for New Literary History special issue “Troubling Universalisms,” set for 2026 publication.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Honored to have co-presented with my co-editor & friend Simone Puleo at the UHart Philosophy Club on our Postcolonial Bildungsroman volumes Out now: The Postcolonial Bildungsroman @ualbertapress.bsky.social Out Jan 2026: Postcolonial Bildungsroman & the Character of Place with UNebraska Press

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Screen shot image of a zoom screen displaying the faces of presenters

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I was recently interviewed by the brilliant Gargi Binju for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social! Listen in to hear me talk about The Postcolonial Bildungsroman @ualbertapress.bsky.social Check it out: newbooksnetwork.com/the-postcolo...

Cover image of the book The Postcolonial Bildungsroman displaying a man staring at his own reflection.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

It’s here! Hot off the Press! Almost half a decade of hard work on this project, culminating to this point! The book releases worldwide tomorrow! @ualbertapress.bsky.social

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A close-up of the book The Postcolonial Bildungsroman displayed on a bookshelf next to a warm, glowing lamp and several other books.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Thrilled to give a talk at UCF on Oct 2 as part of the CHDR Presents talk series! This will also mark the launch of our new book (w Paul Ugor), The Postcolonial Bildungsroman (out with @ualbertapress.bsky.social on Sept 23). Grateful to Amrita Ghosh & UCF for the invitation & hospitality!

Poster for a UCF CHDR talk by Dr. Arnab Dutta Roy on Oct 2, 2025, 3:30pm, Trevor Colbourn Hall 325. Talk title: “The Postcolonial Bildungsroman: Youthful (Re)Formations and Narratives of Development from the Global South.” Includes photo of the speaker.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

🚨🚨🚨 Back with another fantastic @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode! I chat with the brilliant @rosecasey.bsky.social about her book Aesthetic Impropriety: Property Law and Postcolonial Style (Fordham UP, 2025). Please listen in & check out this fantastic book newbooksnetwork.com/aesthetic-im...

Screenshot of a podcast episode page featuring Rose Casey’s book Aesthetic Impropriety: Property Law and Postcolonial Style with summary text, book cover, audio player, and host details for Arnab Dutta Roy.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

The JWL Special Issue, Constructing the Other: Narrative Empathy and the Ethics of Border-Crossing in World Literature, co-edited by @somishmash.bsky.social & myself, is out! A heartfelt thanks to my co-editor, the JWL staff, & our wonderful contributors. brill.com/view/journal...

Journal cover Image that gives information/details about the special issue.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

The stunning final cover of our book is ready for printing! Can’t believe that The Postcolonial a Bildungsroman is out in a month! Thank you @ualbertapress.bsky.social Please preorder/check out the book here: ualbertapress.ca/978177212770...

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

So happy that the Special Issue "Constructing the Other: Narrative Empathy & the Ethics of Border-Crossing in World Literature that @somishmash.bsky.social & I co-edited for the Journal of World Literature is now in production, to be out in September. Please check out the TOC & issue abstract 👇🏼

Table of Contents for Constructing the Other: Narrative Empathy and the Ethics of Border-Crossing in World Literature, listing eight chapters by various scholars on empathy and world literature.

Abstract of the introduction to the special issue, outlining its argument that narrative empathy can support anticolonial resistance and ethical border-crossing in world literature.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

New endorsement of our book, The Postcolonial Bildungsroman (with @ualbertapress.bsky.social) just dropped, and it’s from none other than the wonderful & brilliant Prof. Ankhi Mukherjee. The book is out in September. Please consider pre-ordering & spreading the word! tinyurl.com/4ckuc86y

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

New endorsement of our book, The Postcolonial Bildungsroman, from the brilliant Sarah Townsend, co-editor of The Irish Bildungsroman. The book is out with @ualbertapress.bsky.social in Sept. If you want to review the book, contact us for a free reviewers copy. tinyurl.com/4ckuc86y

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Feeling so lucky to be among the first few to hold a really slick & beautiful copy of this brilliant book! Can’t wait to read it and chat with @rosecasey.bsky.social about it later this summer!

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

🚨 New Episode Alert 🚨 Check out this latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, where I had the good fortune of speaking with Tithi Bhattacharya about her fantastic book Ghoshly Past, Capitalist Presence: A Social History of Fear in Colonial Bengal. newbooksnetwork.com/ghostly-past...

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

It was such a fun couple of days in Miami at the Narratives2025 conference meeting old friends/ making new ones, learning about new cutting edge work in narrative theory, chatting with the great @amitav.bsky.social & listening to his amazing keynote address (what a brilliant yet humble & sweet guy)!

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Thrilled to share this latest episode @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, where I speak with @undonealready.bsky.social about her brilliant book. Tune in for a thought-provoking conversation that brings new light to the intersections of literature, empire & hope. newbooksnetwork.com/african-lite...

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Shoutout to the incredible success of FGCU’s Humanities Symposium which featured thought-provoking student presentations on a wide range of topics in literature& philosophy.The event was beautifully attended by faculty& students showing just how vibrant & engaged our campus-community is at FGCU.

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Vol B of our anthologies on the Postcolonial Bildungsroman has a cool new cover! The Postcolonial Bildungsroman & the Character of Place will be out w University of Nebraska Press in Jan2026. Very thankful to my co-editors Paul Ugor & Simone Puleo, and to the contributors for their incredible work!

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Books that I am reading currently! All fulfilling and thought-provoking in their own unique ways!

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

🚨New Episode Alert 🚨 Please check out this latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode where I speak with @smaran.bsky.social & Ben Baer about their groundbreaking new book, Spider-Mother: The Fiction and Politics of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. newbooksnetwork.com/spider-mother

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

The keynote presentations by Gurminder K Bhambra, Mirza Waheed, & Tahmima Anam were brilliant, exemplary in situating decolonization/decoloniality in the context of South Asia, drawing important connections with histories of colonialism, occupation & genocide in Kashmir, Palestine, and elsewhere.

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