{"product_id":"public-obscenities-paperback","title":"Public Obscenities - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShayok Misha Chowdhury\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA complex and compelling bilingual play that examines the intersections of queerness and Indian-American identity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Indian-American graduate student Choton travels from the U.S. to his family's home city of Kolkata to film interviews with the local queer community, he relishes acting as the local expert, especially in his role as interpreter between Bangla and English for his filmmaker boyfriend. Soon, though, Choton starts to question not only what he thinks he knows about queerness in India, but what both queerness and his Indian heritage mean for him. When a rediscovered roll of film reveals surprisingly intimate photographs of Choton's austere grandfather (taken by whom?), Choton's understanding of his family, both living and dead, starts to unravel. What follows is a mesmerizing examination of intercultural identity, asking audiences to reconsider what we mean when we call a place home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShayok Misha Chowdhury\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and director based in Brooklyn. His play \u003cem\u003ePublic Obscenities\u003c\/em\u003e, which he also directed, premiered in the spring of 2023 at Soho Rep in a co-commission with NAATCO. Misha was also awarded a Jonathan Larson Grant for his body of work writing musicals with composer Laura Grill Jaye; their most recent collaboration, \u003cem\u003eHow the White Girl Got Her Spots and Other 90s Trivia\u003c\/em\u003e was awarded the 2022 Relentless Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChowdhury is the creator of \u003cem\u003eVICHITRA\u003c\/em\u003e, a series of sound-driven, cinematic experiments, including \u003cem\u003eEnglandbashi\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Other Other\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAn Anthology of Queer Dreams, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIn Order to Become\u003c\/em\u003e, which he is developing into a live Carnatic opera. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChowdhury is also a poet whose work has been published in \u003cem\u003eThe Cincinnati Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHayden's Ferry Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAsian American Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLantern Review\u003c\/em\u003e and elsewhere. He has taught and directed at Stanford University, Brown University, New York University, California Institute of the Arts, Fordham University, Syracuse University, University of the Arts, Hunter College, Carnegie-Mellon University, and Williams College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 24, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43154605768767,"sku":"9781636702001","price":21.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/eGd3PO4Iyj9781636702001.webp?v=1776957813","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/public-obscenities-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}