In this episode, writer and artist Kuzhali Manickavel talks to me about her journey from Canada to Bengaluru via Chidambaram, how her writing has been twisted and hilarious since early childhood, why a strong process and hard work trump convenience (in the context of generative AIs), and what goes into her burgeoning visual arts practice.
Listen to the complete episode (or find a link for this episode on your preferred podcast platform) here: https://rss.com/podcasts/happyaccidentspod/3041259/
Kuzhali Manickavel’s collections, chapbooks and zines are all available from Blaft Publications. Her first novel is A Compendium of Supernatural Entities Found in the Government Girls Higher Secondary School available from Angry Robot. Her work has also appeared in Granta, Strange Horizons, Rolling Stone, Agni, Subtropics, Michigan Quarterly Review and DIAGRAM.
Find Kuzhali at www.kuzhalimanickavel.com and kuzhalimanickavel.bsky.social.