Durga Chew-Bose Explained

Durga Chew-Bose
Birth Date:1986
Birth Place:Montreal, Canada
Alma Mater:Sarah Lawrence College
Occupation:Writer
Notable Works:Too Much and Not the Mood

Durga Chew-Bose is a Canadian writer and film director. Her first book, Too Much and Not the Mood, was published in 2017.[1]

Early life

Chew-Bose was born in Montreal;[2] her parents are from Kolkata.[3] Her parents named her after the character Durga from the Satyajit Ray-directed film Pather Panchali.[4] Chew-Bose moved to the United States at 17 to attend boarding school in New Mexico for two years. She went on to attend Sarah Lawrence College and spent a year at the University of Oxford.[5] [6]

Career

Chew-Bose has written for publications including The Guardian, BuzzFeed, The Hairpin, Rolling Stone, GQ, The New Inquiry, n+1, Interview, Paper, Hazlitt, and This Recording.[7] In Nylon, Kristen Iverson described Chew-Bose as "one of our most gifted, insightful essayists and critics";[8] in The Guardian, Sarah Galo said, "If millennials have an intelligentsia, Brooklyn-based writer Durga Chew-Bose is a member of it[, writing] thoughtful long reads on identity and culture that command readers’ attention."[9]

Chew-Bose has also taught writing at Sarah Lawrence College.[10] She has listed Agnès Varda and Wong Kar-wai among her important influences.[1]

Too Much and Not the Mood

Taking its title from one of Virginia Woolf's diary entries from 1931,[11] Chew-Bose's Too Much and Not the Mood is an essay collection[12] describing "the complications of growing up and establishing oneself...what it means to be a brown girl in a white world and 'the beautiful dilemma of being first-generation' Canadian."[13]

Critics have emphasized the stylistic innovation of Chew-Bose's writing in the collection. Naming Too Much and Not the Mood to a Bustle list of "15 Most Anticipated Feminist Book Releases Of 2017," Sadie L. Trombetta described the book as a "collection of essays, letters, prose, and poetry."[14] Listing Too Much and Not the Mood among the 25 "Most Exciting Book Releases for 2017", Maris Kreizman said in New York Magazines Vulture, "If you admire Maggie Nelson’s ability to combine the personal and the academic into a thrilling new art form, Durga Chew-Bose will be your next favorite writer."[15] Publishers Weekly said of the collection, "Twists in language and heady cultural references elevate Chew-Bose’s debut above the recent crop of personal essay collections by young writers."

Writers of Color

In 2015, Chew-Bose cofounded the website Writers of Color With Buster Bylander[16] Jazmine Hughes and Vijith Assar.[17] [18] [19] The site is a searchable database of contemporary writers of color.[20]

Bonjour Tristesse, her debut feature film as a director, is slated to premiere in the Discovery program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.[21] She has also been announced as the winner of the Emerging Talent Award at the 2024 TIFF Tribute Awards.[22]

Publications

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Notes and References

  1. News: Essays. Bolick. Kate. 2017-04-07. The New York Times. 2018-01-17. en-US. 0362-4331. 2018-01-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180126184549/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/books/review/essays.html. live.
  2. News: TOO MUCH AND NOT THE MOOD by Durga Chew-Bose. 25 March 2017. Kirkus Reviews. March 1, 2017. en-us. 25 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170325113334/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/durga-chew-bose/too-much-and-not-the-mood/. live.
  3. News: Stern. Amanda. Durga Chew-Bose. 10 April 2017. Interview Magazine. April 10, 2017. 11 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170411055832/http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/durga-chew-bose/#_. live.
  4. News: Chew-Bose. Durga. 'Constant Compass: Uma Das Gupta in Pather Panchali'. 18 October 2020. Criterion. 8 May 2017. 18 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201018115411/https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4535-constant-compass-uma-das-gupta-in-pather-panchali. live.
  5. News: Gray. Rosie. Fact-Checking The New York Observer's Media Power Bachelorettes List. 25 March 2017. Village Voice. 16 August 2011. 25 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170325201636/http://www.villagevoice.com/news/fact-checking-the-new-york-observers-media-power-bachelorettes-list-6666263. live.
  6. Web site: Bulletin July 2007 South Asian Women's Community Centre – Centre communautaire des femmes Sud-Asiatiques. www.sawcc-ccfsa.ca. en. 2017-04-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20170523181929/http://www.sawcc-ccfsa.ca/EN/?p=258. 2017-05-23. dead.
  7. News: 30 Under 30: The Envy Index. 25 March 2017. Brooklyn Magazine. 28 September 2015. 25 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170325113016/http://www.bkmag.com/2015/09/28/30-under-30-the-envy-index/. live.
  8. News: Iversen. Kristin. 50 Books We Can't Wait To Read In 2017. 25 March 2017. Nylon. December 24, 2016. en. 25 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170325113021/http://www.nylon.com/articles/best-new-books-2017. live.
  9. News: Galo. Sarah. Durga Chew-Bose: 'Women have been edited since we were little girls'. 24 March 2017. The Guardian. 5 March 2015. 25 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170325113646/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/05/durga-chew-bose-women-edited-writers. live.
  10. Web site: Durga Chew-Bose. www.sarahlawrence.edu. Sarah Lawrence College. 25 March 2017. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20171014233815/https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/faculty/chew-bose-durga.html. 14 October 2017. dead.
  11. News: Newell-Hanson. Alice. 10 brilliant emerging female authors to read in 2017. 25 March 2017. i-D. January 20, 2017. en. 2 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202090029/https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/10-brilliant-emerging-female-authors-to-read-in-2017. live.
  12. News: Essays. Bolick. Kate. 2017-04-07. The New York Times. 2017-04-10. 0362-4331. 2017-04-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20170410022106/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/books/review/essays.html. live.
  13. News: Nonfiction Book Review: Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays by Durga Chew-Bose. 25 March 2017. Publishers Weekly. March 27, 2017. en. 25 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170325112621/http://www.publishersweekly.com/9780374535957. live.
  14. News: Trombetta. Sadie L.. 15 Most Anticipated Feminist Book Releases Of 2017. 25 March 2017. Bustle. January 10, 2017. 13 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200413094446/https://www.bustle.com/p/15-most-anticipated-feminist-book-releases-of-2017-28728. live.
  15. News: 25 of the Most Exciting Book Releases for 2017. January 10, 2017. Vulture. New York Magazine. Kachka. Boris. en. Kreizman. Maris. 25 March 2017. 25 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170325234535/http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/most-anticipated-new-books-2017.html. live.
  16. News: The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture - Brooklyn Magazine. 2016. Brooklyn Magazine. 2017-03-30. en-US. 2017-10-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20171014234354/http://www.bkmag.com/the-arts/the-100-most-influential-people-in-brooklyn-culture/. live.
  17. Web site: Varagur. Krithika. How To Solve Media's Diversity Problem. The Huffington Post. 24 November 2015. 30 March 2017. 11 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160911120502/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/writers-of-color-project_us_564b3b02e4b08cda348a7231. live.
  18. News: Friedlander. Emilie. The World Doesn't Need More Female Music Critics. 30 March 2017. The FADER. June 3, 2015. 29 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170329203915/http://www.thefader.com/2015/06/03/the-world-doesnt-need-more-female-music-critics. live.
  19. Web site: Writers of Color.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20160816164141/http://www.vidaweb.org/vidaweb-resources/writers-of-color-org/. dead. August 16, 2016. Monroe. Jen. February 26, 2016. VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts.
  20. Web site: Writers of Color • About. www.writersofcolor.org. 2017-03-30. 2016-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20160702000657/http://www.writersofcolor.org/. live.
  21. Zac Ntim, "TIFF 2024: Laura Carreira’s ‘On Falling’ & ‘Bonjour Tristesse’ Starring Chloë Sevigny Among Titles Set For Discovery Sidebar". Deadline Hollywood, July 24, 2024.
  22. https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/mike-leigh-to-receive-ebert-director-award-at-the-2024-toronto-international-film-festival "Mike Leigh to Receive Ebert Director Award at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival"

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