Meenakshi Venkat

Meenakshi Venkat is a graduate of St. Stephen’s College,
University of Delhi, India, and has an M.Phil. degree in English from The Graduate
School and University Center of the City University of New York.

She has taught
literature at the undergraduate level and has also been a correspondent and
book reviewer for the human development magazine Education World. She has worked in the publishing industry for the
last 10 years as an editor.

At present, she is a freelance copy editor and
editorial consultant based in Houston, Texas, and specializes in academic
editing in the humanities and social sciences.

Book Reviews by Meenakshi Venkat

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“a heartfelt book that will definitely speak to many people who have had to navigate the cracks, fissures, and fault lines between radically different cultures across generations.”

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“As stories of wrongful convictions go, Adnan’s Story is hands-down a certain winner.”

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“A captivating tale of intrigue that combines comedy and romance with a trenchant commentary on imperialist atrocities in Southeast Asia.”

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“The gripping story of a spiritual quest in which it is truly the journey rather than the arrival that matters most.”

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“a morality tale, a love story, and a contemporary fable that depicts the battle between good and evil.”

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“. . . a haunting and intimate portrait of the lives of women in war-torn Somalia . . . captures the bleakness of war and the triumph of the human spirit . . .”

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“. . . unsentimental vignettes of the lives of ordinary people in the Chinese hinterland enmeshed in webs of deception, adultery, betrayal, loss, and cruelty.”

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“. . . a rich cornucopia documenting the ongoing worldwide resistance to Muslim fundamentalism by secular Muslims.”

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“. . . a shimmering tale of violence, tragedy, and ineffable beauty . . .”

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“. . . a rallying cry for anyone who laments the rose-colored remembrances of things past and needs to wake up and smell the coffee.”

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Americanah, an epic saga . . . offers a fresh, bold, and timely perspective on identity and race . . .”

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“The Hope Factory is something of an anticlimax after the promise displayed by The Red Carpet.”