Charles McFarlane is a fashion historian and researcher. He holds an MA in Costume Studies from New York University, where his research focused on the intersection of military uniforms and everyday fashion, the semiotics of military uniforms, as well as the soldier as a ...
Gowhar Yaqoob is an independent research scholar based out of Srinagar. Her research practice focuses on the medieval and modern history of literature with special focus on Kashmir.
Gowhar Fazili teaches political science and sociology. His writing has appeared in various journals and edited volumes, and a monograph based on his doctoral thesis is slated to be published soon.
Tanveer Ajsi is an independent art historian and cultural theorist. He has written extensively on theatre, performing arts, visual arts and literature, besides translating and directing plays, and curating and conceptualizing exhibitions.
Kalpana Raina was born in Kashmir and lives in New York. She is a senior executive, board director and adviser with over thirty years of experience in both corporate and not-for-profit sectors. This is her first work of translation.
Hari Krishna Kaul (1934–2009) was born in Kashmir and lived there for most of his life. He taught Hindi literature in various colleges of the University of Kashmir until he was forced to leave in 1990. Kaul started his literary career writing short stories in Urdu and Hindi ...
Martin Dolan is a writer from upstate New York. His essays have appeared in The Point, The Los AngelesReview of Books, Full Stop, and The ClevelandReview of Books. He’s online at www.dolanmart.in.
Britt H. Young is a writer whose work has appeared in n+1, Wired, and The Drift. They are working on a book about the prosthetics industry. “The Total Package” is dedicated to Dr. Michael Bassett (1974–2023), mentor, poet, and friend forever.
Jeff Weinstein is a writer, editor, and teacher based in New York. A former restaurant critic at the Village Voice, he’s contributed articles about art, style, books, and queer politics to the Voice, The New Yorker, Artforum, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and many other ...
Matt Sandler works at the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University. He is the author of The Black Romantic Revolution: Abolitionist Poets at the End of Slavery.