Writing

Book

• The United States of India: Anticolonial Literature & Transnational Refraction (Temple University Press, 2020)

Chapters in Anthology

• “A Congressman from India: Dalip Singh Saund in Cold War America” / Asian American Literature in Transition, Volume 2: 1930-65 (Cambridge University Press, 2021)

Refereed Articles

• “Korla Pandit Plays America: Exotica, Racial Performance, and Fantasies of Containment in Cold War Culture” / The Journal of Popular Culture 48.4 / August 2015 / 714-730
• “Caste in Black and White: Dalit Identity and the Translation of African American Literature” / Comparative Literature 67.1 / Spring 2015 / 94-113

Short History Pieces

• “H.G. Mudgal, Harlem Editor” (with Tizarat Gill) / Tides: South Asian American Digital Archive / Feb 1, 2018
• “The Indian Wants the Bronx” / Tides / Mar 24, 2016
• “D.W. Griffith Presents: ‘The Hindoo Dagger'” / Tides / Feb 2, 2016
• “The Crooner from Kashmir” / Tides / Nov 12, 2014
• “Connolly vs. Singh: Showdown in Vancouver” / Tides / Sep 30, 2014
• “A.A. Advani, International Conman” (Pts 1 & 2) / Tides / Aug 26 & Sep 8, 2014
• “‘The Dancing Ranee’: Bollywood in Sixties California” / Jul 22, 2014
• “The ‘Tan Stranger’ from Ceylon” / Tides / Jul 8, 2014
• “What B.R. Ambedkar Wrote to W.E.B. Du Bois” / Tides / Apr 22, 2014
• “A Letter Home from Bellingham” / Tides / Apr 9, 2014
• “Infecting Angel Island” / Tides / Mar 25, 2014
• “Born in the U.S.A.: Brimful of Asha” / The Margins: Asian American Writers’ Workshop / Jul 12, 2012
• “Waiting for the Prince” (with Samip Mallick) / Tides / Nov 14, 2011
• “Early Footage of South Asians in the United States” (with Samip Mallick) / Tides / Oct 24, 2011
• “The Picturesque Hindoo” / Tides / Oct 7, 2011

Book Reviews

• “Alex Gilvarry: From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant” / Hyphen (Blog) / April 19, 2012
• “Theodore Gonzalves (ed.): Carlos Villa and the Integrity of Spaces” / Hyphen (Blog) / Feb 9, 2012
• “Julie Otsuka: The Buddha in the Attic” / Hyphen (Blog) / Nov 23, 2011
• “Anupama Jain: How to Be South Asian in America” / Hyphen (Blog) / Oct 13, 2011
• “Dilruba Ahmed: Dhaka Dust” / Hyphen (Blog) / Sep 14, 2011
• “Maxine Hong Kingston: I love a Broad Margin to My Life” / Hyphen (Blog) / June 8, 2011
• “Bill Mullen & Fred Cho (eds.): Afro Asia” / Against the Current / Jan-Feb 2009

Music Reviews

• Nas, Life is Good / Slant Magazine / July 18, 2012
• Patti Smith, Banga / Slant Magazine / June 12, 2012
• Grizzly Bear, “Sleeping Ute” / Slant Magazine / June 12, 2012
• Public Image, Ltd., This is PiL / Slant Magazine / June 4, 2012
• Squarepusher, Ufabulum / Slant Magazine / May 23, 2012
• Four Tet, “Jupiters” / Slant Magazine / May 22, 2012
• The Flaming Lips & Erykah Badu, “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” / Slant Magazine / May 8, 2012
• Sene, Brooklyknight / Slant Magazine / April 23, 2012
• The Walkmen, “Heaven” / Slant Magazine / April 23, 2012
• Liars, “No. 1 Against the Rush” / Slant Magazine / April 9, 2012
• Spiritualized, Sweet Heart, Sweet Light / Slant Magazine / April 8, 2012
• Nas, “The Don” / Slant Magazine / March 19, 2012
• Burial & Four Tet, “Nova” / Slant Magazine / March 13, 2012

Interviews

• Mandeep Sethi / Tides: South Asian American Digital Archive / Nov 21, 2013
• Chee Malabar / Tides / Oct 21, 2013
• Hari Kondabolu / Tides / Mar 11, 2013
• Anish Jethmalani / Tides / Mar 4, 2013
• Joher Coleman / Tides / Dec 3, 2012
• Marsha Music / Living Music (University of Michigan) / Dec 6, 2009