Read Boats on Land: A Collection of Short Stories Online
Authors: Janice Pariat
Boats on Land: A Collection of Short Stories (28 page)
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Meru.
Trisha, my lovely, patient editor, of immense faith and endless patience. Caroline, my inimitable publicist.
Guillermo Martinez and Tom Drury for their
New Yorker
stories that inspired ‘Echo Words’ and ‘The Keeper of Souls’. Jeet, whose
Narcopolis
quietend the tussle between my poetry and prose.
Rohan, for suffering my early stories in silence. Saeed, for bashing my work (and me) into literary shape.
My parents, Danny and Zelma, sister, Deanna, and all my family—words are not enough. My grandparents, who lived the lives I can only write about. I wish you were all here.
Samrat, faithful reader and fellow climber of St Peter’s dome. Ranbir, for your unshakeable support of creativity. Deepthi, where do I start? Bah Robin, Bah Ravi—for your tremendous generosity (both with verse and wine). Avtar, who didn’t laugh when I said I wanted to be a writer.
My English teachers in school, my professors at St Stephen’s—for dotting my i’s and crossing my t’s. Paul and Jane Carling—you are both irreplaceable. Ghan and ‘the others’ (David and Ann)—for a room with a view.
All my friends—who’ve been so uncouraging (on social networking media and otherwise). You know who you are.
Luigi, for bringing poetry to life.
A Note on the Author
Janice Pariat is a writer from Shillong, India. Her work, including poetry, fiction and articles on art and culture, has featured in a number of national magazines and newspapers. She edits
Pyrta
, an online literary journal, and spends most of her time walking city streets in search of stories. This is her first book.
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