Nikesh Shukla

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Nikesh Shukla's debut novel, Coconut Unlimited, was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2010. Alongside his second novel, Meatspace, Nikesh has written for The Guardian, Esquire, Buzzfeed, Vice and BBC2, LitHub, Guernica and BBC Radio 4.. Nikesh is also the editor the bestselling essay collection, The Good Immigrant which won the reader's choice at the Books Are My Bag Awards. Nikesh was one of Foreign Policy magazine's 100 Global Thinkers and The Bookseller's 100 most influential people in publishing in 2016.

Stories

Cover Photo: Still from the TV series "The Big Bang Theory"
The Wanking Foreigner From ‘The Big Bang Theory’

“I have a theory that Western popular culture is on a mission to desexualize Asian men. And it’s working.”

Jul 27, 2017