On Not Winning

By Arjun Basu | Published: November 11, 2025

I was up for a prize yesterday and I didn’t win. Who won doesn’t matter (you can find them here). And here is what the jury said about my work: While we were inside during the gala, it snowed. A lot. A full on snow storm. It is November 11th and I felt that a […]

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One Year Later

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 16, 2025

The Reeds was published a year ago, quietly, by choice (mine, not my publishers, believe me). And being quiet, I haven’t talked about it much. There was an event, and some signings, and more events, and some Q&As, a podcast (not mine!), and this Q&A featuring both myself and my brother, which may have been […]

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The Long Tail of a Q&A

By Arjun Basu | Published: September 4, 2025

Stories from the Pink House is a thorough, entertaining and insightful blog about literature written by a bookstore owner (and the bookstore is pink, yes) passionate about all things books. It’s on Substack, as much interesting writing is these days, though Substack is problematic for many reasons, none of which have to do with Stories […]

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A Very Good Interview Where I Talk About The Reeds More Than I Ever Have And Most Probably Might Ever Again Probably (For Sure)

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 2, 2025

  I was the guest on a podcast a few months ago. The host, Red Szell is an amazingly interesting person in his own right and should be the guest on every podcast in the world, though that might tire him out, because there are too many podcasts in the world. Anyhow, he had me […]

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The Era of The Endlessly Stupid

By Arjun Basu | Published: June 24, 2025

This is what we have become. The news consists of a series of stories that must be followed by the thought “that is stupid.” The politicians say stupid things about stuff only some believe because we live in different realities because our bubbles are dumb. The folk who live in what they consider reality and… […]

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Some Reviews of The Reeds

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 9, 2025

Emphasis on “some.”    

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2024: The Year of Aspirational Stupidity

By Arjun Basu | Published: January 2, 2025

In 2024 people finally were fed up and voted out everybody for other everybodys who, still, promised to make your life worse by making theirs better, because though we’ve lost hope we are still aspirational.  Aspiration is why we still get out of bed in the morning and stumble to the kitchen and make coffee […]

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Requiem For a Lost Dream

By Arjun Basu | Published: November 6, 2024

As a Canadian, I am not really in a position to speak of the choices Americans made yesterday. I don’t agree with them, fundamentally, and I’m extremely saddened by them, but that was their decision to make, and they made it. The fact that they made it is going to lead to more analysis than […]

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When Your Local Bookstore No Longer Has Your New Book (After A Week)

By Arjun Basu | Published: October 25, 2024

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Because they had it, a bit before the launch date, and now, a little over a week later, they don’t. Which I discovered yesterday when I went to pick up Jeff Vandermeer’s latest. It bugged me. It also didn’t. This bookstore, and it’s a great bookstore, […]

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Because Unboxing Is Now A Thing

By Arjun Basu | Published: September 20, 2024

I unboxed the book when I received the package from the printer. Or, rather, I UNBOXED it. That’s what one must do now. I posted a video of the unboxing to  social media. I won’t do it here. You can find the videos (there is more than one) with minimal effort if that kind of […]

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