Out of Print: Ten Years: An Anthology of Stories
Author | : Indira Chandrasekhar |
Publisher | : Context |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : |
ISBN-10 | : 9789357763813 |
ISBN-13 | : 9357763813 |
Rating | : 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: About the book Out of Print in print! A decade ago, in 2010, Indira Chandrasekhar set up Out of Print to address a need she felt as a writer: a focused platform for the short story; a space for robust editorial discussions as well as one that would serve as a platform for discoveries—of newer facets of the form itself and of new writing. This commemorative volume hopes to capture something of that adventure. It is, thus, not a ‘best of’ volume, but one that speaks to the spirit of the magazine: its diversity of literary voices, its openness to experimentation, its focus on Indian-language publishing and its stand against mediocrity. Most crucially, of course, this is an ode to the short-story form, its ‘art of brevity and honesty’.