1st Edition
Bangladeshi Literature in English Critical Essays and Interviews
Introduction—Bangladeshi literature in English: A thrice born tradition
Mohammad A. Quayum and Md. Mahmudul Hasan
1. Muslim Bengal writes back: Rokeya’s encounter with and representation of Europe
Md. Mahmudul Hasan
2. Panchayat and colonialism in Humayun Kabir’s Men and Rivers
Md. Mahmudul Hasan
3. “Here I’ll stay”: Kaiser Haq’s poems and the impact of being at home
Kathryn Hummel
4. Toxic grace? Tahmima Anam’s The Bones of Grace and the pollution trade
Md. Alamgir Hossain
5. Beyond national(ist) binaries: The case of Zia Haider Rahman’s In the Light of What We Know
Md Rezaul Haque
6. Introducing a Bangladeshi writer in English: An interview with Kaiser Haq
Mohammad A. Quayum
7. Delving beneath the surface: An interview with Monica Ali
Sadaf Saaz
Biography
Mohammad A. Quayum is a full-time researcher and Professor in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Flinders University, Australia. He taught at universities in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, and the US before returning to his alma mater, Flinders University, in 2020. He is the author, editor, and translator of numerous books in the areas of American literature, Bengali literature, and Southeast Asian literature.
Md. Mahmudul Hasan is Professor of English and postcolonial literature at International Islamic University Malaysia. He completed a PhD in compartive literature at the University of Portsmouth, did a postdoctoral stint at the University of Heidelberg, and taught in the Department of English at the University of Dhaka. He has published in the fields of feminist, postcolonial, Islamic, South Asian, and Muslim diasporic literatures, as well as Islam and English studies.
