Live Chat with Tanwi Nandini Islam - BRIGHT LINES(08/26/2015) 
3:16
Nora, EarlyWord: 
Looking forward to our chat today with Tanwi Nandini Islam author of BRIGHT LINES, a finalist for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 3:16 Nora, EarlyWord
3:22
 Nora, EarlyWord
Wednesday August 26, 2015 3:22 
3:22
Nora, EarlyWord: 
Below is a special video that Tanwi made for First Flights participants …
Wednesday August 26, 2015 3:22 Nora, EarlyWord
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Nora, EarlyWordNora, EarlyWord
Wednesday August 26, 2015 3:22 
3:57
Nora, EarlyWord: 
I see chat participants gathering. You can send your questions through at any time. They'll go into a queue, and we'll submit as many of them as we can to Tanwi before the end of the chat. Don’t worry about typos – and please forgive ours.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 3:57 Nora, EarlyWord
4:00
TanwiNandini: 
Hi Everyone! I'm very happy to be here and to talk about BRIGHT LINES with all of you!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:00 TanwiNandini
4:01
Nora, EarlyWord: 
Hi Tanwi!

We have some people waiting -- I'll let them send in their greetings.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:01 Nora, EarlyWord
4:01
[Comment From Cal. GalCal. Gal: ] 
Looking forward to the chat!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:01 Cal. Gal
4:01
TanwiNandini: 
Me too :)
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:01 TanwiNandini
4:01
[Comment From JackieJackie: ] 
Love your book!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:01 Jackie
4:01
[Comment From Pam D.Pam D.: ] 
Thanks for doing this. Interested in learning about your name.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:01 Pam D.
4:02
TanwiNandini: 
Thank you so much! Really looking forward to dialoguing with all of you about BRIGHT LINES, and my name too.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:02 TanwiNandini
4:02
[Comment From PA LibrarianPA Librarian: ] 
Love your insights into American-Bangladeshi culture. Can't wait to chat!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:02 PA Librarian
4:02
[Comment From Fellow BrooklyniteFellow Brooklynite: ] 
Loved your video -- can't believe the place on Cambridge Place is now vacant. I thought all of Brooklyn real estate was being snapped up.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:02 Fellow Brooklynite
4:02
[Comment From JaniceJanice: ] 
We don't have any of the shops like those you show on Atlantic Ave. The next time I'm in NY, I will make a trip to Brooklyn.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:02 Janice
4:02
[Comment From David P.David P.: ] 
I am going to try your game for getting creativity from your video.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:02 David P.
4:02
TanwiNandini: 
The signs were too small - totally possible it was being renovated - a VERY costly job, for sure
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:02 TanwiNandini
4:02
[Comment From Judith J.Judith J.: ] 
Looking forward to the chat!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:02 Judith J.
4:03
[Comment From Happy LibrarianHappy Librarian: ] 
Thanks for doing this, Tanwi! Looking forward to the chat.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:03 Happy Librarian
4:03
Nora, EarlyWord: 
Let's get started then!

:First of all, I want to congratulate you on BRIGHT LINES being one of seven finalists for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. What an honor -- how did it feel when you found out?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:03 Nora, EarlyWord
4:04
TanwiNandini: 
Thank you so much! I was completely thrilled to be in the company of writers whose work I have discovered - it feels great to be recognized by fellow fiction writers/judges like Siri Husvedt, Akhil Sharma and Tiphanie Yanique
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:04 TanwiNandini
4:05
TanwiNandini: 
Every writer writes not knowing that people will ever read their work, so this felt like a reminder that the book is finally out in the world.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:05 TanwiNandini
4:06
[Comment From Pam D.Pam D.: ] 
LOVED this line from the review on the NPR site: “Everyone in Bright Lines aches for some kind of home they've never been to.”
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:06 Pam D.
4:06
TanwiNandini: 
I love that line, too Pam.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:06 TanwiNandini
4:06
Nora, EarlyWord: 
:How did you come up with the title of the book?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:06 Nora, EarlyWord
4:06
TanwiNandini: 
They are aching for places they've left, for a place they wish they could live in.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:06 TanwiNandini
4:07
TanwiNandini: 
Bright Lines came to me as a series of meanings - it refers to Ella's psychedelic visions, the patterns of history, lineage. A Bright Lines rule is also a point of demarcation, and I wanted to allude to borders. …

While this is a realist novel, Bright Lines has an abstract quality to it, and I love that juxtaposition. The title at the very beginning was nothing - I was grasping for it, until I was looking up information on the color spectrum - also known as the bright lines color spectrum - again, related to Ella's hallucinations.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:07 TanwiNandini
4:07
TanwiNandini: 
Bright Lines can mean whatever the reader wants. There's space for you to have your own visions of what the book will be.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:07 TanwiNandini
4:08
[Comment From Pam D.Pam D.: ] 
Plus that is an issue of adoptees -- longing for home, Is that why you made Ella an adoptee?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:08 Pam D.
4:09
[Comment From AnneAnne: ] 
Congrats on your nomination. it is well deserved. Loved the book and the cover!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:09 Anne
4:10
TanwiNandini: 
Ella being an adoptee was to illustrate a person who lives their entire life feeling in exile - from the home of their birth, in their new home, within their desires. While she is adopted, she is considered a part of the family - yet still she feels alienated.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:10 TanwiNandini
4:10
TanwiNandini: 
Thank you so much, Anne! The cover turned out just as I wanted it to.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:10 TanwiNandini
4:10
Nora, EarlyWord: 
Did you go back and forth with your editor on the title?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:10 Nora, EarlyWord
4:11
TanwiNandini: 
My editor has been super supportive throughout. Although the publisher wasn't sure the title was the best fit, I put my foot down. And I think by the end of the book's edits and design, we all feel good about it.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:11 TanwiNandini
4:11
Nora, EarlyWord: 
I am fascinated by the fact that you have a line of botanicals. They sound so delicious (you had me at "Night Blossom") -- what made you also want to write a novel?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:11 Nora, EarlyWord
4:11
TanwiNandini: 
The line of botanical perfumes and flower-inspired candles came after writing the novel, sort of like an extension of the themes running through Bright Lines.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:11 TanwiNandini
4:11
TanwiNandini: 
I've always wanted to write a novel, it was just a question of when. And when I got into Brooklyn College's MFA program, I knew I'd finally have the time to begin...
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:11 TanwiNandini
4:12
TanwiNandini: 
I'm not a short story writer, by any means. They're very hard for me, in terms of how I write and think about stories. From the beginning of my MFA program, I was working on the novel in workshops.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:12 TanwiNandini
4:12
Nora, EarlyWord: 
I'll be there's no other novelist who has come up with a line of scents inspired by their novel.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:12 Nora, EarlyWord
4:13
TanwiNandini: 
Aw thanks! Haha, I hope to continue and grow this company. Finding the balance between my literary and olfactory passions. I wonder how many novelists love perfumes and olfaction - I'd be interested to fid out.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:13 TanwiNandini
4:13
TanwiNandini: 
*find
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:13 TanwiNandini
4:13
[Comment From David P.David P.: ] 
What was your own experience of longing for home?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:13 David P.
4:14
TanwiNandini: 
That's a great question, David. I've longed for home my entire life - we moved around a lot when I was a child. From Missouri, Illinois, Texas, Alabama and finally New York - my father was a looking for steady work.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:14 TanwiNandini
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TanwiNandini: 
And being teased as a young person - I was in 3rd grade at the height of the Gulf War - and living in very modest apartments - I think I always craved acceptance and space
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:14 TanwiNandini
4:15
TanwiNandini: 
and I still crave those things.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:15 TanwiNandini
4:15
[Comment From David P.David P.: ] 
I love the image of the girls biking around Brooklyn. Such a sense of freedom. Glad that made it to the cover.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:15 David P.
4:15
TanwiNandini: 
I love that image too! There's a lot of ascension in the way the bike is sort of lifted upward. The silhouette allows the girl to be Charu or Maya, hair or hijab; the psychedelic visions are Ella.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:15 TanwiNandini
4:17
[Comment From LaylaLayla: ] 
Thanks for taking the time, Tanwi.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:17 Layla
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[Comment From LaylaLayla: ] 
I was taken by the scene of Ella's aunt doing her "make over." I was wondering about the ice bath, however. What effect was that supposed to have?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:17 Layla
4:18
TanwiNandini: 
Thank you, Layla! I think the ice bath is a way to cool down all of Ella's turmoil that she's emanating. It's a hot day, Ella's just felt super uncomfortable by Charu and Malik's hooking up - and her aunt is helping her metamorphose. The idea of an ice bath is horrible/torturous - but in the state that Ella's in, she needs something to jar her out of the inertia and angst.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:18 TanwiNandini
4:20
[Comment From Fellow BrooklyniteFellow Brooklynite: ] 
Maybe it's because it's been so hot here, but I appreciated the ice bath scene!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:20 Fellow Brooklynite
4:20
TanwiNandini: 
Yes, my Fellow Brooklynite. I think our nasty, muggy, wondrous NYC summer nights leaves many of feeling that way!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:20 TanwiNandini
4:21
[Comment From JackieJackie: ] 
You mention longing and the book also contains sexual longings. Were you conscious of them as being similar?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:21 Jackie
4:22
TanwiNandini: 
I think the longing for home, for the one we desire sexually - stems from the same place of uncertainty within ourself. Each character's coming of age (or Anwar's coming-of-middle-age) is a struggle they have to find their place in their world as they experience emotional shifts.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:22 TanwiNandini
4:23
[Comment From Fellow BrooklyniteFellow Brooklynite: ] 
Interesting to read about Brooklyn in that time -- right after 9/11. Were you in Brooklyn then? I remember the Arabic community in Brooklyn getting harassed and some shop owners posting "Not Comment" signs because they were tired of the press.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:23 Fellow Brooklynite
4:26
TanwiNandini: 
I moved to Brooklyn in 2004, and lived in LES the summer of 2003 ( I was finishing up my thesis in college) I remember visiting for interviews with nonprofits for that thesis, and going to anti-war marches that were specifically addressing the rise in Islamophobia after 9/11.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:26 TanwiNandini
4:26
TanwiNandini: 
As for facing this myself...
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:26 TanwiNandini
4:27
TanwiNandini: 
I think my name - Tanwi Nandini Islam - is confusing to people, only because the first two names sound distinctly Indian/Hindu - and the last name is Islam/Muslim - so I dealt with people (often strangers) who were pretty intense about anyone who they can't figure out. But in Bangladesh, this mix of names is common! Our culture is a blend of so many faiths and ethnicities.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:27 TanwiNandini
4:29
[Comment From Pam D.Pam D.: ] 
Thanks -- I was interested in learning about your names. Do Tanwi and Nandini have meanings?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:29 Pam D.
4:29
TanwiNandini: 
Haha, yes they do, Pam. Tanwi means "slender, young woman" or "blade of grass" and Nandini is "holy cow" or "daughter"
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:29 TanwiNandini
4:30
TanwiNandini: 
My parents were really into poetry :)
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:30 TanwiNandini
4:31
[Comment From Pam D.Pam D.: ] 
That's great -- I love "holy cow" -- wish that were my name!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:31 Pam D.
4:31
Nora, EarlyWord: 
Let’s talk about the process of getting the book published. When did you feel it was ready and what was your first step in trying to get it published?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:31 Nora, EarlyWord
4:32
TanwiNandini: 
I found my agent, through an MFA classmate who interned at my agent's agency.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:32 TanwiNandini
4:32
TanwiNandini: 
and once I sent her the book, she was drawn into the characters but wanted to work on some things with me
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:32 TanwiNandini
4:33
TanwiNandini: 
These days I think agents do really work with you to edit. It took a year before I felt my manuscript was ready. And then we sent it to my editor, Allison Lorentzen, who just fell in love with the characters. We sent the book to her on the leap day of 2012, my agent's birthday. A month later, it was sold.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:33 TanwiNandini
4:34
TanwiNandini: 
However, my editor wanted to change and cut 150 pages of the novel. So I had a lot of work to do!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:34 TanwiNandini
4:34
Nora, EarlyWord: 
Wow -- so much editing. How did you keep sight of what you wanted the book to be?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:34 Nora, EarlyWord
4:35
TanwiNandini: 
Lots of outlines. Lots of literally cutting a printed manuscript into pieces and arranging them visually. Lots of notes and character development -
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:35 TanwiNandini
4:36
[Comment From JaniceJanice: ] 
Really? You literally cut the manuscript into pieces?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:36 Janice
4:36
TanwiNandini: 
The research helps to a point, but then you have to let the book be what it is supposed to be. It doesn't help to write a book over so many years - you're evolving, changing, maturing - and it gets hard to let go of things that simply cannot be changed to match the wisdom you have near the end of writing back vs. the beginning of the process
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:36 TanwiNandini
4:36
TanwiNandini: 
Sure. I'm a visual artist too, Janice - so I need to see it all laid out. I think Annie LaMott does this in Bird by Bird -
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:36 TanwiNandini
4:38
[Comment From Cal. GalCal. Gal: ] 
You mention Annie LaMott -- who else has influence you?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:38 Cal. Gal
4:39
TanwiNandini: 
In terms of writers: Toni Morrison, Arundhati Roy, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Kiese Laymon, Francisco Goldman
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:39 TanwiNandini
4:39
TanwiNandini: 
In terms of self-help and the like: I won't lie, I read Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, countless Ayurvedic Health texts. I'm always searching for a myriad of answers
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:39 TanwiNandini
4:40
TanwiNandini: 
I love music too.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:40 TanwiNandini
4:41
TanwiNandini: 
Steven Reich, Erykah Badu, Ravi Shankar, old reggae styles, vintage R&B, minimalist classical
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:41 TanwiNandini
4:41
Nora, EarlyWord: 
Glad you mentioned Francisco Goldman -- another writer who is a transplant to Brooklyn. His SAY HER NAME was gut-wrenching.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:41 Nora, EarlyWord
4:41
TanwiNandini: 
those influences make their way into the novel, for sure.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:41 TanwiNandini
4:41
TanwiNandini: 
Yes, he was my professor at Brooklyn College
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:41 TanwiNandini
4:41
Nora, EarlyWord: 
What did you learn from the editing process?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:41 Nora, EarlyWord
4:42
TanwiNandini: 
That killing your darlings is real. That characters can be resurrected. Francisco used to say this about writing a novel: You throw plates in the air, and must catch them all.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:42 TanwiNandini
4:42
[Comment From Pam D.Pam D.: ] 
What made you want to become a writer?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:42 Pam D.
4:43
TanwiNandini: 
I wonder when I caught the writing bug, but it happened so early. I was a 2nd grader in Columbia, Missouri, and constantly wrote books for the writing corner.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:43 TanwiNandini
4:43
[Comment From JackieJackie: ] 
You are a "millenial," right? What does that mean to you? do you think you relate to the world differently than other generations"
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:43 Jackie
4:44
TanwiNandini: 
And I ventured into essays pretty early too. I just have always liked communicating through words. I think the form I thought I'd be most into was theater and playwriting, but a novel lets you really get in.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:44 TanwiNandini
4:44
TanwiNandini: 
You know, I'm on that cusp, Jackie - a millennial who remembers life without cell phones, email, GPS
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:44 TanwiNandini
4:44
TanwiNandini: 
I remember when you printed Mapquest out on paper before a trip.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:44 TanwiNandini
4:44
TanwiNandini: 
So, there's this awareness of life before the inundation of technology
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:44 TanwiNandini
4:45
[Comment From JackieJackie: ] 
Ha! I remember when you actually BOUGHT maps!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:45 Jackie
4:45
TanwiNandini: 
and I am so grateful to that. Sometimes I think Millennials are Generation Lost. I want to think being a bit analog has let me connect to the material world better.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:45 TanwiNandini
4:45
TanwiNandini: 
haha me too!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:45 TanwiNandini
4:45
[Comment From Happy LibrarianHappy Librarian: ] 
Have to ask this -- what has your experience been in libraries?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:45 Happy Librarian
4:45
TanwiNandini: 
My dad is still hardcore into maps, although Siri tells him how to find his way.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:45 TanwiNandini
4:46
[Comment From JackieJackie: ] 
Do you enjoy social media? Does it affect your writing?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:46 Jackie
4:46
TanwiNandini: 
Speaking of my parents, my mother taught me to read; my father was the one who instilled the love of the library. They were my haven and refuge.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:46 TanwiNandini
4:47
TanwiNandini: 
So, Happy Librarian - The library was a place to read my faves: Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Childhood of Famous Americans, Stephen King. I liked dark stuff, historical stuff.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:47 TanwiNandini
4:47
TanwiNandini: 
So, Jackie - I do love social media
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:47 TanwiNandini
4:47
TanwiNandini: 
To an extent!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:47 TanwiNandini
4:48
[Comment From Judith J.Judith J.: ] 
Loved your video – great to see the things from where you’ve traveled. Do you have a favorite place? Where do you want to go next.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:48 Judith J.
4:48
TanwiNandini: 
My favorite medium is Instagram - photos w/ some text - it's a beautiful way to create a gallery of life's beautiful moments. I don't like to engage with trolls who hurl abusive or sexist rants.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:48 TanwiNandini
4:48
[Comment From Happy LibrarianHappy Librarian: ] 
Which of your characters do you identify with most?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:48 Happy Librarian
4:48
TanwiNandini: 
Thank you Judith! My favorite places are probably Mexico (anywhere really, but I loved Oaxaca) and I just visited Colombia with my partner. Cartagena (where Garcia Marquez hails from) is stunning
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:48 TanwiNandini
4:49
TanwiNandini: 
Well, there is a bit of me in all of them. I think Anwar in terms of his interests, Ella in terms of her thoughtful self-reflectiveness, Charu in terms of her creativity
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:49 TanwiNandini
4:50
[Comment From PA LibrarianPA Librarian: ] 
Any advice for young writers?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:50 PA Librarian
4:51
TanwiNandini: 
Haha, how many hours do you have PA Librarian? I used to work with young people as a teaching artist - and my biggest advice as a champion for youth - always let the world see what you choose to let it see. Your voice is powerful. It's the fire of youth that is so magical and there are no mistakes.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:51 TanwiNandini
4:51
[Comment From JudithJudith: ] 
What's next for you in terms of writing?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:51 Judith
4:51
TanwiNandini: 
I am a meandering person, I've had a load of different types of jobs. The one thing is you must live as fully as possible.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:51 TanwiNandini
4:52
Nora, EarlyWord: 
We only have a few more minutes, gang. Get your final questions in!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:52 Nora, EarlyWord
4:52
TanwiNandini: 
I've made mistakes that young people make - and it can't hinder the thing you cannot stop thinking about: your novel!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:52 TanwiNandini
4:52
TanwiNandini: 
Solitude is so important. Learning to be alone.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:52 TanwiNandini
4:52
[Comment From Happy LibrarianHappy Librarian: ] 
Are you working on a next book?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:52 Happy Librarian
4:52
TanwiNandini: 
I am, Happy Librarian!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:52 TanwiNandini
4:53
TanwiNandini: 
I'm working on a new novel! I've actually been thinking of this for a few years, and workshopped a couple of chapters at the VONA Writers Workshop (founded by Junot Diaz and several other Bay Area writers)...

The novel is tentatively titled The Rivers, and it's set in the near near-future - it's about a couple, a neuroscientist and a perfumer, who are making a virtual reality film about the life of the oldest woman on earth.

The woman harbors many secrets that are uncovered when the couple invites an enemy from their past to help them with their project.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:53 TanwiNandini
4:53
TanwiNandini: 
We are living in the future. It's our present. That juncture is so special.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:53 TanwiNandini
4:55
[Comment From JudithJudith: ] 
Sounds great and quite different.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:55 Judith
4:55
TanwiNandini: 
Thank you, Judith! It is so different. But here I am, ten years older, ready to take on different themes and work. It's exciting to me.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:55 TanwiNandini
4:56
Nora, EarlyWord: 
You're book was just released. Have you been surprised by any of the reactions?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:56 Nora, EarlyWord
4:57
Nora, EarlyWord: 
Oops -- I meant "Your book"!

I know, I know, we're not supposed to worry about typos!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:57 Nora, EarlyWord
4:57
TanwiNandini: 
You know, it's interesting. I wasn't sure what to expect. I mean, reviews are coming in, and a lot of the critiques or high-fives are not so surprising. But I think I'm surprised at how it feels to get a lukewarm response
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:57 TanwiNandini
4:58
TanwiNandini: 
It's very...disconcerting to read a response "Not the strongest, or the worst book, but I couldn't stop thinking about these characters"
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:58 TanwiNandini
4:58
TanwiNandini: 
It makes me question readers' ability to articulate what they've read. I know that's the writer in me - but it's a reaction I've been having!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:58 TanwiNandini
4:58
TanwiNandini: 
The response in the U.S. vs. Bangladesh - still seeing how that goes, too.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:58 TanwiNandini
4:59
Nora, EarlyWord: 
Right -- forgot about it also being published in Bangladesh -- that will be interesting. What other countries will it be published in?
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:59 Nora, EarlyWord
4:59
TanwiNandini: 
Penguin has World Rights - so hopefully everywhere :)
Wednesday August 26, 2015 4:59 TanwiNandini
5:00
Nora, EarlyWord: 
We're at the end of this chat, so we don't have time to post all the thank-yous, so I'll just thank you for all the participants, Tanwi. This was a great chat.

And thanks to the participants -- you all made this fun.
Wednesday August 26, 2015 5:00 Nora, EarlyWord
5:00
TanwiNandini: 
Thank you all so much, you've been wonderful! Thank you for bringing books to us all! <3
Wednesday August 26, 2015 5:00 TanwiNandini
5:00
TanwiNandini: 
Bye!!
Wednesday August 26, 2015 5:00 TanwiNandini
5:02
Nora, EarlyWord: 

Thanks for joining us everyone.

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