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Tara Menon


Born
India
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Fiction, Literary Studies


Tara Menon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Harvard University. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, Nation, Paris Review and Public Books, where she co-edits the Literary Fiction section. Tara was born in India, grew up in Singapore, spent a decade in New York, and currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Average rating: 3.86 · 7,882 ratings · 1,400 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors
Under Water
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“As if that could be the only explanation for this kind of grief. There is no place in our language for grief about friends, or love for them. Our language is overwhelmed by the love and loss of lovers.”
― Tara Menon, Under Water
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“She wanted the sun and the sky to express remorse on behalf of the ocean. But the earth, callously indifferent, refused to mourn with us.”
― Tara Menon, Under Water
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