Jenny Bhatt

Author. Literary Translator. Writing Instructor. NEA Fellow (Translation; 2025.) Ph.D. Candidate @UTDallasArts. Founder @DesiBooks.

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Remy is highly skeptical of my summer reading choices, but I promise there’s a method to the madness.

Sharing a quick mix of some of the works keeping my brain company—from dual-timeline historical fiction to the deep-dive academic research.

What are you reading?

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Hello. The spring semester is officially a wrap. I’m looking forward to turning my focus fully back to my book projects and diving into dissertation research over the summer. Some flowers from the backyard; some updates from my desk.

[Public Books @PublicBooks]

Nishant Batsha is a scholar-turned-novelist. Is there tension, @jennybhatt asks, in troubling historical accuracy?

“I am a novelist first and a historian second. That’s how the tension you mention resolves itself: I know I’m trying to tell a story."
https://t.co/9bPcnyZLKP

[Public Books @PublicBooks]

“In both of my novels, if there is an antagonist, it’s often the nation itself.”

New at PB: Jenny Bhatt (@jennybhatt) interviews author Nishant Batsha about his new novel "A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart."
https://t.co/9bPcnyZLKP

[Jenny Bhatt @jennybhatt]

Always a pleasure to talk with Nishant Batsha. This time, we discuss his second book, A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart. A richly satisfying and insightful historical novel with many textures and layers. Thank you to Public Books for publishing this conversation.

[Jenny Bhatt @jennybhatt]

Always a pleasure to talk with Nishant Batsha. This time, we discuss his second book, A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart. A richly satisfying and insightful historical novel with many textures and layers. Thank you to Public Books for publishing this conversation.

[Public Books @PublicBooks]

“In both of my novels, if there is an antagonist, it’s often the nation itself.”

New at PB: Jenny Bhatt (@jennybhatt) interviews author Nishant Batsha about his new novel "A Bomb Placed Close to the Heart."
https://t.co/9bPcnyZLKP

[Jenny Bhatt @jennybhatt]

300 years later, why does this still ring true? :)

[Celeste Marcus @Celestemarcus3]

it was such a joy to publish this essay

[Jenny Bhatt @jennybhatt]

@Celestemarcus3 Thank you, again, for giving this essay such a terrific home, Celeste.

[Jag Bhalla…Idea Trader/Thought Plumber @hangingnoodles]

translations between painting styles

"it’s not copying pure and simple that one would be doing. It is, rather, translating into another language, the one of colors, the impressions of chiaroscuro and white and black.”
Vincent Van Gogh
quoted by @jennybhatt
"Millet’s quiet realism with his own electric palette and expressive brushwork, van Gogh bridged the worlds of Realism and Impressionism, honoring the dignity of rural life while inviting new audiences into the sanctity he so deeply felt"

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“Mepo stood still. He stood still forever. With just the slightest tug, that Ranavav-whetted sickle sank deep into his neck.”

A story by Jhaverchand Meghani, translated from the Gujarati by @jennybhatt. https://t.co/iOYQ5O6Sn2

[Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics @readliberties]

Van Gogh the Translator
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@jennybhatt https://t.co/0TBhAXgU6M

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“Mepo had worked hard to plow the field and make it as pliable as a soft mattress. Forget about weeds; he did not leave even a single stray blade of grass standing.”

A story by Jhaverchand Meghani, translated from the Gujarati by @jennybhatt. https://t.co/iOYQ5O6Sn2

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An essay of mine was published today at @readliberties. It's about a different aspect of Vincent van Gogh's craft and art: his translation work. Have a read? https://t.co/wfBzN1OV8i

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Thanks to the wonderful folks at @parisreview for publishing this Gujarati folktale from the great litterateur & folklorist, Jhaverchand Meghani. I began translating his Saurashta folktales in 2017 alongside other projects and hope to have a complete collection by end-2026.

[Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics @readliberties]

Van Gogh The Translator by @jennybhatt https://t.co/0TBhAXgU6M

[Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics @readliberties]

"While copying the works of established, renowned masters was a common, lifelong learning practice for many artists, van Gogh did not simply copy. Instead, he intentionally experimented heavily with more interplays of color and light than in the original works."