Akhil M Sharma
Books and essays. Non-fiction you can use, fiction you can't forget.
I'm Akhil. I write from Granada, a city that has been holding writers for centuries — Lorca grew up in its gardens, Cervantes crossed its bridges, Washington Irving slept in its palace and woke up changed. I don't compare myself to them; I just try to deserve the rooms I work in.
My non-fiction is what I've learned from living — often the hard way, often from books that refused to leave me alone. My fiction is what the non-fiction can't say.
One letter a week. Seven books on the way. You're on time.
Unfold
Fifteen books, fifteen stories, one argument about how we actually learn. Written for people who are tired of reading the same ideas in different packaging.
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All essays →I taught yoga in Granada without Spanish. The body was all I could say.
I taught yoga free in Granada and stopped. The philosophy I actually wanted to teach undermines the format I was teaching it in.
Six of my books are finished. Two people have read them.
Seven books in four years. One published. My editor and my wife are the entire readership of the other six, and I am fine saying so.
Sony sues Anthropic. Self-published authors are not in the room.
Anthropic settled with authors for 1.5 billion dollars. The list was drawn from pirate libraries, which is why most of us are not on it.
Writer from India, living in Granada.
I have seven books on the way — the first, Unfold, is a distillation of fifteen books on growth told through the stories from my life where they actually meant something. The second is a collection of short stories. After that: three novels and a trilogy.
I also run a small agency and am building an app. But the writing is the work.
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