As with many short fiction and poetry collections, over half of stories in What We Fed to the Manticore (Tin House 2022) are free to share with students via links to websites and Hostos Library holdings. Find these by searching online and in library databases such as Project Muse.
Only works licensed according to the 5Rs (free to Retain, Reuse, Revise, Remix and Redistribute) are considered Open Educational Resources (OER). However, CUNY faculty can designate courses Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC). ZTC course readings aren’t necessarily openly licensed but are free to share. See “Faculty Guide to Sharing Electronic Resources & Sharing Print Resources” https://libguides.regent.edu/link/home/. See for OER Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Open Education Resources Initiative https://asccc-oeri.org/open-educational-resources-by-discipline/.
- Kolluri, Talia Lakshmi. “The Dog Star Is the Brightest Star in the Sky.” Five Dials, Summer 2022, https://fivedials.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/FiveDials-Summer22.pdf.
- —. “The Good Donkey.” The Common Magazine, Issue 21, 26 April 2021, https://www.thecommononline.org/the-good-donkey/.
- —. “The Hunted, the Haunted, the Hungry, the Tame.” Minnesota Review, vol. 85, 2015, p. 47-53. Project MUSE muse.jhu.edu/article/602366.
- —. “May God Forever Bless the Rhino Keepers.” Adroit Journal, Issue 43, October 2022, https://theadroitjournal.org/issue-forty-three/talia-lakshmi-kolluri.
- —. “On Wildness and Communication: Exploring the Inner Lives of Animals in Fiction.” Lit Hub, 8 September 2022, https://lithub.com/on-wildness-and-communication-exploring-the-inner-lives-of-animals-in-fiction/.
- Taylor, Caitlyn Rae. “Interview with Talia Lakshmi Kolluri.” Southern Humanities Review, http://www.southernhumanitiesreview.com/interview-talia-lakshmi-kolluri.html.
- Van Laer, Rebecca. “A Different Experience Is Possible.” Bomb Magazine, 27 September 2022, https://bombmagazine.org/articles/talia-lakshmi-kolluri-interviewed/.
Writing assignment on What We Fed to the Manticore
In “A Different Experience Is Possible,” “On Wildness and Communication,” and “Interview with Talia Lakshmi Kolluri,” Kolluri describes her approach to and goals in writing. Select two of the stories we read from the collection What We Fed to the Manticore and analyze how well you find Kolluri accomplishes one of her goals in those two stories.
