Manil Suri

For everything we say to our mothers, and everything we can’t. This Mother’s Day, we recommend stories that live in the space between us: holding the love, the distance, and all that remains unspoken.  @ManilSuri @tayari @Bhavikagovil @aninditaghose @manishgaekwad #READWithHarperCollins #MothersDay  #Bookstagram #StoriesThatMatter

For Mother’s Day: The moment you realize your relationship with you mother will never be the same again open.substack.com/pub/manilsuri/…

Math and writing are considered polar opposites. But they have more in common than people may think. Check out my Substack post manilsuri.substack.com/p/math-and-wri…

Is there anything mathematical about the way stories are composed? Here's one answer! manilsuri.substack.com/p/math-and-wri…

The #1 question I get asked as a mathematician and a writer: How does math inform my writing? Here's my answer. manilsuri.substack.com/p/math-and-wri…

A bachelor's degree in 2 months, a master's in 5 weeks. Welcome to the scary world of Degree Hacking. Would you want to be operated on by a surgeon who's breezily obtained such credentials? washingtonpost.com/education/2026…

Why memoir writers need to write the whole truth. A Substack column on the eve of my memoir's release. manilsuri.substack.com/p/will-you-sti…

OK, this may not be for everyone, but here's my (very) raunchy math standup comedy routine. Who said math professors can't be funny? youtu.be/NN_ziVKW5IY

An event that was free and open to the public drew more than 8500 people to Brooklyn Public Library recently. The topic? "Philosophy of Mathematics". manilsuri.substack.com/p/if-you-build… cc @ManilSuri

Kudos to Brooklyn Public Library for the night they put on recently! And thanks for letting me participate. manilsuri.substack.com/p/if-you-build…

"...The result is a moving consideration of the ties that bind." A ROOM IN BOMBAY is in @PublishersWkly! 🥳 publishersweekly.com/9781324106388#…. @ManilSuri @wwnorton

Murder, anyone? Trying my hand at writing - and enacting - a murder mystery. manilsuri.substack.com/p/the-mathemat…

@NamitaGokhale_ Thanks, Namita! Hope you are doing well!

congratulations @ManilSuri

Thrilled and honored for "A Room in Bombay" to be included in the 26 non-fiction books the New York Times is most excited about this Spring nytimes.com/2026/03/06/boo…

Two for two! Publisher's Weekly gave a good review to 'A Room in Bombay,' and now Kirkus does the same! kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/m…

@stevenstrogatz Thanks!

@ManilSuri Congratulations on that beautiful review. And best of luck with the book!

The first review is in! publishersweekly.com/9781324106388

"In Florida, you can feel your brain turning into mush" My new Substack post, with apologies to my dear friends who live there. manilsuri.substack.com/p/in-florida-y…

The pitfalls of comparing percentages! A recent NYT opinion piece had such questionable statistical interpretations that I had to write a rebuttal: Anti-gay bias: Is the sky really falling as a recent NYT op-ed claims? open.substack.com/pub/manilsuri/…