Singh (English, Northern Michigan U.) and Chetty (education, Cape Peninsula U. of Technology, South Africa) present 12 essays on writers of the Indian diaspora. The diasporic experience is the thematic focus of the essays, particularly in relation to such issues as cultural identity and authenticity, the impact of location on the reception of the writers, and how the subaltern or "other" is represented and read. Among the writers discussed are Jhumpa Lahiri, Imraan Coovadia, Amitav Ghosh, Mira Kamdar, Bharati Mukherjee, Meena Alexander, Aziz Hassim, and Salman Rushdie. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)