Appetite

Appetite: New Writing from Goa brings together stories, poems and essays by Goan writers, all drawn by the theme of desire. The pieces look at longing in its many forms and at the deep-rooted traditions that shape what it means to be Goan today. The range is wide. One story follows a late-night family feast that goes wrong in a crowded living room, while poems trace lustful yearning and essays consider diaspora and in-migration. The collection shifts between the intimate and the sweeping, from the taste of sea air and the sound of a rebec to the inner lives of characters grappling with love, loss, sexuality and identity. Grounded in the history of the state yet attentive to its present, the anthology is also a celebration of Goa itself, with its coastline, its fragrant air and its food. The contributing Goa Writers invite readers to enjoy both the work on the page and the place that gave rise to it.