Siddhartha Deb, who teaches creative writing at the New School, is the author of the novels "The Point of Return", a 2003 "New York Times "Notable Book of the Year, and "An Outline of the Republic". He is also the author of the nonfiction book "The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India". His reviews and journalism have appeared in "The Boston Globe", "The Guardian", "Harper s Magazine", "The Nation", "New Statesman", "n+1", and "The Times Literary Supplement".