October arrives with an extraordinary range: Arundhati Roy’s memoir on her mother; Khalid Jawed’s The Book of Death reviewed and excerpted with its translator; Vauhini Vara on selfhood in the digital age; a searing story of non-consensual touch; Jennifer Robertson’s debut poetry collection; a review of Kannanari’s The Menon Investigation; and a conversation with Jerry Pinto on writing, translation, and the literary life. An issue of great ambition — intimate, political, and unrelenting.