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- The Ripening, Sayani Sarkar | @theomnivorescientist (Instagram)
Sayani Sarkar is a reader, reviewer, and writer from Calcutta, India with a PhD in biochemistry and structural biology. She writes academic book reviews on her Substack and her works have been published in LARB PubLab Magazine, Littera Magazine, The Write Launch, The Coil Magazine, and The Curious Reader. She is currently working on a book, a hybrid nonfiction, combining memoir with an exploration of natural sciences.
sayanisarkar.substack.com- Forest Stratum, Jade Doyle | @_jademdoyle (Instagram)
Jade Doyle is a writer who creates on the unceded lands of the Jagera people. She graduated from the University of Southern Queensland with a Distinction in English Literature and Creative and Critical Writing. Jade’s work has appeared in Voiceworks, Island, Corvid Queen, and the Australian Poetry Anthology 2023.
- The Lion and the Lamb, David Sheskin
- David Sheskin is a former university professor and the author of The Handbook of Parametric and Nonparametric Statistical Procedures (Chapman and Hall). Most recently he has appeared in The Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, The Font, Palooka, and DIAGRAM. His most recent books are David Sheskin’s Cabinet of Curiosities and Outrageous Wedding Announcements.
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- David Sheskin is a former university professor and the author of The Handbook of Parametric and Nonparametric Statistical Procedures (Chapman and Hall). Most recently he has appeared in The Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, The Font, Palooka, and DIAGRAM. His most recent books are David Sheskin’s Cabinet of Curiosities and Outrageous Wedding Announcements.
- On Time, Akshay Gajria | @akshaygajria (Instagram)
Akshay Gajria is a London-based storyteller, writer, and writing coach. He has a bachelor’s in computer engineering from NMIMS, Mumbai and a master’s in creative writing from Birkbeck, University of London. His work has appeared in Skulls, The Writing Cooperative, The Written Circle, Bluegraph Press, The Coffeelicious, Your Story Club, Futura Magazine, The Book Mechanic, Poets Unlimited, StoryMaker, Whiplash, and more.
akshaygajria.com- The Boy that Buys the Beef, Jonathan Doering | jonathan.doeringwork.9 (Facebook)
Jonathan Doering was born in Stockport in 1975 and lives in Nottingham with his family. He has lived, studied, and worked in Britain, Ireland, Japan, and France. He holds master’s degrees in creative writing and Quaker Studies. His work has appeared in a variety of places, including Contemporary Review, Poetry Manchester, The Guardian, Oxford Life, The Yorkshire Times, and LeftLion. A book of dialogues about racial justice, Enlarging the Tent, co-authored with Dr Nim Njuguna, is published by Collective Ink.
- Aurora, Francesca Carra
Francesca Carra is a London-based writer. She writes short fiction and is currently working on a novel.
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- Ruggero Oddi’s Last Letter, Eli Ehrenpreis
- Eli Daniel Ehrenpreis started life as a musician and became a physician, educator, and researcher. He stopped seeing patients after major surgery. He has published many scientific papers and six medical books. His poetry and short stories are published in Reapparition, Pharos, Medicine and Meaning Journal, Hektoen International, 101 Words, and Star 82 Review. He lives with his wife Ana and a little dog named Fili in Skokie, Illinois.
- Non-Human Narratives, Jennifer McCormack
Jennifer McCormack is writer and artist based in Malmo, Sweden. As a part of the Stpln creative hub she leads a breathwork and poetry walk together with Jagadeesh Arunachalam. She studied English at The University of Glasgow. Her writing has featured in New Writing Scotland, Amsterdam Review, and Ordkonst magazine, among others.
cityofpoets.com/team/jennifer-mccormack- New Fruit, Rebecca Heilweil
Rebecca Heilweil is a writer from and based in New York City.
- In Conversation with Louisa Hall
- Louisa Hall is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Iowa and the author of the critically acclaimed novels Reproduction, Trinity, and Speak. Her poems have been published in The New Republic, Southwest Review, and other journals, and she is the recipient of grants from Yaddo, Macdowell, and The T. S. Eliot Foundation. She lives in Iowa City with her family.
EDITORIAL
We are waging war on ourselves. Reproductive rights are under threat around the world, militarisation is accelerating no matter the cost, and so-called artificial ‘intelligence’ is being used to undermine the very process of creation which makes us human. All of this is happening against the backdrop of a mass extinction accelerated by climate change. This world fills many of us with a sense of unease about what life we, as a species, are destroying and what sinister pseudo-consciousnesses we may be giving birth to.
In this context, the authors and artists of Issue 7 of TAMARIND explore the twin themes of bodies and consciousness: considering minds that exist beyond human bodies, rudely contending with the limits of biology, and examining the violence we enact on the bodies of others.
In addition to the short stories and essays in this issue, we are delighted to feature a cover from Athens-based artist Lef Apostolakis and an interview with Louisa Hall, whose novels — including Reproduction (2023) and Trinity (2020) — use science as a tool for interrogating our own lives and histories. We hope that, in Issue 7, you also find tools with which to make sense of a world in which our humanity is diminishing.
The TAMARIND Editors