Publications

Find out what others have to say about me, and catch up on some of my other published writings as well!

Bhat’s writing has been featured in various places. You can find some of his some of his published writings at the following journals:

Fiction:

Best Asian Stories 2021: https://kitaab.org/2021/09/22/pre-order-the-best-asian-short-stories-2021/

Marsh Hawk Review: https://marshhawkpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Marsh-Hawk-Press-Review-Spring-2020.pdf?fbclid=IwAR09Oh-3gsxoUC3iRx1OX3Zorad196xW4SqTYeSukWP0fkftKGtGtBzU93o

Kitaab: https://kitaab.org/2020/12/16/short-story-a-desperate-womans-prayer-by-kiran-bhat/

EKL Review: https://eklreview.com/girar/

Bengaluru Review: https://bengalurureview.com/treating-paula-abdul-an-excerpt-from-kiran-bhats-upcoming-novel-girar

The Chakkar: https://www.thechakkar.com/home/girar

fahmidan: https://www.fahmidan.net/basic-11?fbclid=IwAR0MhW-XQYrUMgowZAPtlnIxUsVHt3izpENZVv4r-gEv5b8XxRn7XuochXw

Eco Theo Review: https://www.ecotheo.org/etreview/unpacked-boxes?fbclid=IwAR0gpvHrUhXCM4nG84xepyVu4tzEBA_4wHRclVgRoDfBG2ZiB_YrXW6ZX58

Out of Print: https://www.outofprintmagazine.co.in/kiran-bhat_a-normal-day-matahau-tonga.html?fbclid=IwAR3jqzlljC3bJQ3y0QFpsYUCjYmfG-XiGLrZkRoHCU9uJE6Cf8m9MGZ0gk0

 

Poetry:

Indolent Books What Rough Beasts: https://www.indolentbooks.com/what-rough-beast-poem-for-january-30-2020/

be:longing: https://belongingmag.com/2020/10/04/1999/

Rasa Literary Review: https://rasaliteraryreview20.wixsite.com/website/issue-2?fbclid=IwAR0kPUmGO-HHFbK4loPOfD2HnMvEj-heZ3zd2fnQUfjqTzow58QFcxFZjqA

Pif Magazine: https://www.pifmagazine.com/2021/03/the-president-asks/?fbclid=IwAR0g-kHqpfAcL1pU7FfadO9rdYU875lhdnfTljNdMEPYOw3xtb4zZ9MGGiM

Words and Worlds Magazine: https://www.wordsandworldsmagazine.com/current-issue-aktuelle-ausgabe/poetry-gedichte/kiran-bhat/

Men Matters Journal: https://menmattersonlinejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/08-Kiran-Bhat.pdf

BOMBFIRE: https://bombfirelit.com/2021/07/31/peru-by-kiran-bhat/

Qissa: https://b26963ea-50d4-409b-8790-981f6fb1daf1.filesusr.com/ugd/df3df8_c441fd5c9c92419786d846d196674aca.pdf?index=true

ZIN Daily: https://www.zvonainari.hr/single-post/kiran-bhat-the-earth-is-one

Usawa Literary Review: https://www.usawa.in/issue-5/poetry/country-poems.html?fbclid=IwAR2PPNU5xOrtbG5FTNhmXLdG6qopjwov_XyfHy9Fm9l7aPo9XqWDxEyGGrU

https://www.usawa.in/issue-8/excerpt/Speaking-in-Tongues-By-Kiran-Bhat.html?fbclid=IwAR2PWr4SGcB8e-oHxtQbobLJ0jE62SrxlDBTmgMTbAAGPv5obfg1hwc1Xqw

Outlook Magazine: https://www.outlookindia.com/national/five-poems-on-growing-up-as-a-homosexual-in-southern-usa-news-205067

 

Translations:

SOFTBLOW (Haikus by Antonio Guzman Gomez): http://www.softblow.org/antonioggomez.html?fbclid=IwAR0gCrH5LVe29MKraFMKvabnWP90EkxnISYHnLJRB-FN4ouBPquPcwgZIUU

The Antonym Magazine (Almendranada by Carlos Lopez): https://www.theantonymmag.com/almendranada-carlos-lopez/

Beltway Poetry (poems by Cande Alverez): https://www.beltwaypoetry.com/vokel-unen-tseb-chal-tijmembele-lioyote-tsunel-vilan-candelaria-alvarez-translated-by-kiran-bhat/

The Ilanot Review: http://www.ilanotreview.com/earth/poems-rube-kulej/

Arkana: https://arkanamag.org/2022/12/07/three-poems/?fbclid=IwAR3ApcolZgT_5AJbfG5InQH_QYqMDKqFPA2HsNAkfQ1TXaCF20ccKC7SZZs

 

Non-fiction and literary criticism:

The Caravan: https://caravanmagazine.in/books/kannada-writing-and-global

Outlook India: https://www.outlookindia.com/national/confessions-of-a-polyglot-a-language-for-every-mood-magazine-221836

Drizzle Review: https://readdrizzle.blog/2020/12/27/drizzling-in-tongues-on-translating-myself-by-kiran-bhat/

TCK Town: http://www.tcktown.com/home/interested-in-travelling-while-teaching-online

Cha: https://chajournal.blog/2020/08/24/chinese-spring/

Synchronised Chaos: http://synchchaos.com/kiran-bhat-reviews-behrooz-boochanis-no-friend-but-the-mountain

Mascara Literary Review: http://mascarareview.com/kiran-bhat-reviews-toward-the-end-by-ali-alizadeh

Adroit: https://theadroitjournal.org/2021/03/12/futures-foretold-a-review-of-jee-leong-kohs-connor-and-seal/

Free State Review: https://freestatereview.com/2020/09/24/review-of-elizabeth-powells-atomizer/

The Colorado Review: https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/reviews/the-voice-of-sheila-chandra/

Quillopia: https://www.quillopia.com/post/book-review-the-tenant-of-wildfell-hall-by-anne-bronte

Eclectica: http://www.eclectica.org/v24n4/bhat.html

Litro Magazine: https://www.litromagazine.com/reviews/book-review-a-superior-spectre/

The Compulsive Reader: http://www.compulsivereader.com/2020/10/08/a-review-of-the-hate-race-by-maxine-beneba-clarke/

Barzakh Magazine: https://www.barzakhmag.net/winter-2022-poetry-1/2022/1/15/kiran-bhat-pdj3g

PRISM International: https://prismmagazine.ca/2021/02/18/growing-curious-a-review-of-farzana-doctors-seven/?fbclid=IwAR3byw5G0h5BMR27hPuTljsbSxJKazlfEtdTNOSDOn0B0rRNTdo8iRPFZyk

Heavy Feather Review:  https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2020/11/17/drover/

Tupalo Quarterly: https://www.tupeloquarterly.com/reviews/

Ruminate: https://www.ruminatemagazine.com/blogs/ruminate-blog/georgia-s-new-color-a-review-of-anjali-enjeti-s-essay-collection-southbound?fbclid=IwAR2OhL97-aWMwYs5-JjYghnHT-5xGyzwRmdPOZLVRXAZCvYC3KwLlEt70ic

The Lambda literary Review: https://www.lambdaliterary.org/2020/10/blizzard/

Dhaka Review: https://issuu.com/editiondelta/docs/the_dhaka_review?fbclid=IwAR1gAC976mBRG5wHeUU1SjBiU3I5v96rl10bBlbgJynah2BUcx4Ouf2SGo8

The Brooklyn Rail: https://brooklynrail.org/2020/10/books/Devils-Lake

The Rumpus: https://therumpus.net/2020/11/the-rumpus-mini-interview-project-sarah-m-sala/

The Florida Review: https://floridareview.cah.ucf.edu/article/identity-and-empathy-in-america-and-assam/

Los Angeles Review: https://losangelesreview.org/dona-juanita-review-kiran-bhat/

Asymptote: https://www.asymptotejournal.com/criticism/titaua-peu-pina/

Bangalore Review: https://bangalorereview.com/2022/12/a-beautiful-decay-by-karan-madhok/?fbclid=IwAR1EKXJERy6jeicDjKe_y9Rr9pPEuXCdhtZHUs5mDeY1SZpzvgdSqEIRoSs

Outcast Magazine: https://outcastmag.com/interviews/between-conflict-and-collaboration/?fbclid=IwAR3OapJNIID73VoQq_7ib3bdve6AKXpuXMY5wJazz_nF49VRK3ps0cYiPQQ

Newfound: https://newfound.org/current-issue/reviews-open-your-eyes/

terrain: https://www.terrain.org/2021/interviews/kazim-ali/

Moko: http://mokomagazine.org/wordpress/2021/05/15/bhat-on-mohabir/

PANK: https://pankmagazine.com/2020/11/14/review-the-purple-lotus-by-veena-rao/

Aniko Press: https://www.anikopress.com/book-reviews/recipes-for-the-disaster-by-gareth-sion-jenkins

Newtown Review of Books: https://newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/jen-craig-panthers-and-the-museum-of-fire-reviewed-by-kiran-bhat/

Rain Taxi Review of Books: https://www.raintaxi.com/pandemic-reflection-patrick-whites-riders-in-the-chariot/

Asian Review of Books: https://asianreviewofbooks.com/content/riverrun-by-danton-remoto/

Prairie Schooner: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/812089/pdf

Mekong Review:https://mekongreview.com/afghan-lives/

Hong Kong Review: https://www.hongkongreview.co/post/staring-outwards-in-all-the-directions-a-review-on-michelle-cahill-s-poetry-collection-vishvarupa

The Chakkar: https://www.thechakkar.com/home/themachineislearning

Antithesis: https://www.antithesisjournal.com.au/blog/2021/11/16/review-kintsugi-by-anukrti-upadhyay

The Woman Inc: https://thewomaninc.com/2021/11/11/a-review-on-ruth-padels-daughters-of-the-labyrinth/

The Radical Art Review: https://www.radicalartreview.org/post/review-ayer-hitam-a-black-history-of-singapore

Southern Humanities Review: http://www.southernhumanitiesreview.com/review-adeeba-shahid-talukder-shahr-e-jaanaan-by-kiran-bhat.html

Cordite Poetry Review: http://cordite.org.au/reviews/bhat-miles/?fbclid=IwAR0nkqrcB9Z6rtCQ1NigO0uM7ZiYS0lNryoaNqj1pDvE2wUOBfIAMrHR9Ww

3AM Magazine: https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/future-directions-of-australian-literature-ceridwen-dovey-julie-koh-and-nic-low-in-profile/

The Kenyon Review: https://kenyonreview.org/2020/11/dancing-on-the-back-of-god-a-profile-of-kazim-ali-a-poet-at-his-strongest/

https://kenyonreview.org/2020/11/dancing-on-the-back-of-god-a-profile-of-kazim-ali-a-poet-at-his-strongest/

 

Interviews, profile pieces, and news articles that have covered Kiran Bhat:

PRISM: 

Circling the World: An Interview with Kiran Bhat

BOMB: https://bombmagazine.org/articles/kiran-bhat-interviewed/?fbclid=IwAR3CexOcbVTwzSErrgwJj7WUJ1zVKBuWmWXQhiiNFJjxuZ6SznSmkEbZgGI

Kitaab: https://kitaab.org/2021/03/16/i-like-the-idea-of-channeling-the-sorts-of-stories-that-humans-like-to-come-back-to-kiran-bhat-author-girar/amp/?fbclid=IwAR0SzJPHJgYGh5gOPlKrMXZ51DGoQJ8nTF6gfBv10un9odUUWCpeNg51ZkU

New Indian Express: https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2022/dec/31/indian-literature-page-turners-2022-2533449.html?fbclid=IwAR2ZYodfweuep9F5jt9-q4F6wDUYofSwuxAawLthM7Ii93iPx1nCHT346dE

The Wire: https://m.thewire.in/article/books/a-poetic-call-for-peace?fbclid=IwAR3GsBBfthAW1p_UJbduyLoomHusNLENlmWgFXFnWc3JT5rxNXvJ4T0FPig

The Daily Eye: https://thedailyeye.info/thought-box/how-will-i-know-peace/5f65b05a373f79f0?fbclid=IwAR3CexOcbVTwzSErrgwJj7WUJ1zVKBuWmWXQhiiNFJjxuZ6SznSmkEbZgGI

Khabar: https://www.khabar.com/magazine/talk-time/mapping-the-world-with-words

Purple Pencil Project: https://www.purplepencilproject.com/book-review-kiran-bhat-we-of-the-forsaken-world/?fbclid=IwAR2CH6XDArtm5gPFvB3Slfve1HhdiPWd8cwTjB6J6NF8Ywr9z8VwAPNcLew

Outlook: https://www.outlookindia.com/culture-society/book-review-speaking-in-tongues-poems-in-spanish-mandarin-and-turkish-weekender_story-236727?fbclid=IwAR16KQXQgKx2X3N54JtvOFyIWrW9ne7_SnBLCeJjrfqmZXSequU96cDFJCo

The Brockton Writers Series: https://brocktonwritersseries.wordpress.com/2021/07/08/bws-14-07-21-kiran-bhat/?fbclid=IwAR3jMJWwaFoMB3JzqpJKNc7wiDzFHDkJRifmWpKBCjYBD_mcKAifThxgeKg

Till The Last Word: https://tillthelastword.com/interview-with-kiran-bhat-indian-american-traveller-polyglot-and-author/

Quillopia: https://www.quillopia.com/post/an-interview-with-indian-american-aspiring-novelist-kiran-bhat

Heavy Feather Review: https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2020/04/23/deptula/

Waxwing: http://waxwingmag.org/items/issue22/53_Kiran-Bhat-In-Conversation-with-Vinita-Agrawal.php

/temz/ review: https://www.thetemzreview.com/bhat-roberts.html

MAYDAY Magazine: https://maydaymagazine.com/kiran-bhat-in-conversation-with-aruni-kashyap/

Medium: https://medium.com/@authorslargeandsmall/the-globe-as-fictional-space-kiran-bhats-story-cycle-we-of-the-forsaken-world-1d9671ba71b5http://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/interview-kiran-bhat/?fbclid=IwAR3n0MAiVHneE8ch-yFEbUWNQ06-3_0hbulRGIiT04gA3tXK8jsVHqNhRpw

Asymptote: https://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2023/04/13/traitor-to-tradition-resister-to-remorse-a-conversation-with-kiran-bhat/?fbclid=IwAR1B2RkqPCPeL49FjlzJAxmiu2MPn23rfqZnhpTWvgGqHymq6aO3G-cFPG0#more-31810

RGNN: https://archives.rgnn.org/2018/03/17/meet-global-citizen-writer-kiran-bhat

WBOC TV: http://www.wboc.com/story/41418978/sprawling-new-novel-we-of-the-forsaken-world-tackles-themes-of-global-connection

A Blue Million Books: https://abluemillionbooks.blogspot.com/2020/03/featured-author-kiran-bhat.html

Raquelle Varadi: https://rvaradi.wordpress.com/2020/10/25/author-interview-kiran-bhat/

Podcast: Travelling and Writing with Kiran Bhat

A Fevers of the Mind Quick-9 Interview with Kiran Bhat

The Dark Phantom Review: https://thedarkphantom.wordpress.com/tag/kiran-bhat/

Tarshi.net: http://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/interview-kiran-bhat/

Interview – Kiran Bhat

 

Boots, Shoes, and Fashion: https://bootsshoesandfashion.com/an-interview-with-author-kiran-bhat/

Bookhounds: https://www.bookhounds.net/2020/01/30/interview-we-of-the-forsaken-world-by-kiran-bhat/

I’m Shelf-ish: http://www.imshelfish.com/2020/03/interview-with-kiran-bhat-author-of-we.html?m=1

The Writer’s Life: https://thewriterslife.blogspot.com/2020/01/we-of-forsaken-world-author-q-with.html

Nudhiani: https://nudihani.wordpress.com/2016/09/27/kannada-from-a-global-perspective-an-interview-with-polyglot-kiran-bhat/

The News Now: http://www.thenewsnow.co.in/newsdet.aspx?q=101527

Third Culture Files: https://www.thirdculturecommunications.com/post/interview-with-author-kiran-bhat

“Kiran Bhat, The Globetrotter” profile: https://jacquescoulardeau.medium.com/kiran-bhat-the-globetrotter-40fa81f2c0a4

NRI Pulse profile piece: https://www.nripulse.com/i-try-to-compress-our-globe-into-a-single-narrative-fictional-space-author-kiran-bhat/

Edinburo Now profile piece: http://www.edinboronow.com/article/world-traveling-author-makes-stop-at-edinboro

Ballarat Writers Group blog post: https://ballaratwriters.com/blog/kiran-bhats-advice-for-writers/

Samyukta Poetry Profile Piece: http://www.samyuktapoetry.com/38-kiran-bhat

Writings on the Wall 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaT5L1PQhAk&fbclid=IwAR0few1B9UcGvTc0CQ4ndaoQJf6yMDJhu8_kXvRwqh5qZb8Go1W3_iP4cLg

 

Reviews by others on Speaking in Tongues:

Outlook India: https://www.outlookindia.com/culture-society/book-review-speaking-in-tongues-poems-in-spanish-mandarin-and-turkish-weekender_story-236727

 

Reviews by others on we, of the forsaken world…: 

Kirkus Review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kiran-bhat/we-of-the-forsaken-world/

The Magic Pen: https://www.themagicpen.com/kiran-bhat-we-of-the-forsaken-world/

Pacific Book Review: https://www.pacificbookreview.com/we-of-the-forsaken-world

Purple Pencil Project: https://www.purplepencilproject.com/book-review-kiran-bhat-we-of-the-forsaken-world/

NRI Pulse: https://www.nripulse.com/we-of-the-forsaken-world-connected-stories-set-across-the-globe/

Idle Ink: https://idleink.org/2021/03/06/review-we-of-the-forsaken-world-by-kiran-bhat/

Booklife: https://booklife.com/project/we-of-the-forsaken-world-44419?fbclid=IwAR1Y6U8lUMrkQCBgFmR5EhRrPX5aOg_RQGr5SpvtIZ6geSxPLpnPcOnYVCc

Midwest Book Review: http://www.midwestbookreview.com/sbw/feb_20.htm

Dactyl Review: https://dactylreview.com/2019/12/08/we-the-forsaken-world-by-kiran-bhat/

Modern Diplomacy: https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/05/13/on-the-page-the-novelist-poet-questions-in-kiran-bhats-seminal-work-we-of-the-forsaken-world/

On the page the novelist-poet questions in Kiran Bhat’s seminal work: We of the Forsaken World

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