Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Akil Kumarasamy
per  due to revisions and additions of sources, including reviews and an interview with commentary on her as an author, ,  and . Per , she has {{tq|created ... a ... well-known work}}, as demonstrated by the multiple 'best of' and 'recommended'-style lists her book ''Half Gods'' has appeared on, e.g. https://shop.scroll.in/book/907727/best-of-2018-short-story-collections Scroll.in, https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/05/31/six-summer-books-that-explore-the-immigrant-experience/ Village Voice, https://pen.org/lest-we-forget-reading-list/ PEN America, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/books/review/9-new-books-we-recommend-this-week.html New York Times, https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2018/07/25/dont-miss-these-terrific-fiction-debuts-four-asian-american-women/794002002/ USA Today and https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/parenting/short-story-collections-that-should-be-on-your-must-read-list/ss-BB1bcMNb Redbook, and {{tq|in addition}}, the book has {{tq|been the primary subject of multiple independent ... reviews}}, e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/books/review/half-gods-akil-kumarasamy.html New York Times, https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/akil-kumarasamys-half-gods-a-debut-collection-explores-strife-trauma-and-a-lifetime-loving-strangers New Yorker, https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-half-gods-by-akil-kumarasamy/story-Nz3hJospM1Dzhio33MQgyM.html Hindustan Times, https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-374-16767-7 Publishers Weekly, and https://www.thehindu.com/books/half-gods-the-book-as-machine/article25796704.ece The Hindu. Per , there is an interview with https://aaww.org/hope-and-destruction-a-conversation-with-akil-kumarasamy/ AAWW Magazine that includes commentary on her as a writer, and  also notes, {{tq|Primary sources may be used to support content in an article, but they do not contribute toward proving the notability of a subject}}, so biographical information can continue to be added to the article from interviews that have found her worthy of notice, including from https://scroll.in/article/903146/putting-brownness-against-a-brown-background-compelled-me-to-dig-deeper-writer-akil-kumarasamy Scroll.in, https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/debutante-novelist-akil-kumarasamy-chronicles-the-horrors-of-war-and-displacement/cid/1677583 The Telegraph India, and https://www.massreview.org/node/597 The Massachusetts Review, as well as at least one other at least partially primary source that appears to  (i.e. the NYT review notes there is a 2017 interview available), but her notability as an author seems supported by the  sources and the  guideline
— User:Beccaynr, 01:27, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Stance: keep
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