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J. R. Ramakrishnan

Portrait of writer J. R. Ramakrishnan
Contributor

J. R. Ramakrishnan

J. R. Ramakrishnan’s work has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, Electric Literature, Harper’s Bazaar, and elsewhere. For close to a decade, she was the literary programs director for the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, she is a graduate of the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies and Columbia University’s Journalism School.

Articles by J. R. Ramakrishnan

Several books lined up in a row
Photo by Syd Wachs on Unsplash
Roll Call of Abandoned Languages
By J. R. Ramakrishnan
Empire made English my mother tongue—and the only one I have any real dominion over.
The Thrill of Reading Obliviously
By J. R. Ramakrishnan
A translated work’s pitch is aided by comparisons.