Pankaj Mishra
Introduction
Pankaj Mishra is the author of books including The World After Gaza, Age of Anger, From the Ruins of Empire and The Romantics. His essays and reviews appear regularly in leading literary and political publications.
Full biography
Forthcoming book
Reading in a Dark Time
Through portraits of writers and literary cultures across Palestine, India, China, Turkey, Egypt, Europe and the United States, Mishra considers literature as a form of social inquiry inseparable from political and historical life. Publication is scheduled for 2027.
- “Literature is inseparable from its social and political context.” — Verso
- “Global in scope.” — Verso
- “Pankaj Mishra at his majestic best.” — Verso
Latest essay
Geopolitical Narcissism
The American war of choice on Iran will inflict widespread suffering across the world for a long time. This catastrophe might be understood as the work of an unbalanced and easily manipulable president who wagered on the quick collapse of Iran’s government and its replacement by gratefully pro-U.S. Iranians, only to find himself stupefied by a resolute adversary. But blaming a deranged president for this calamity obscures the climate of opinion that made it possible.