Dr. Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal is Senior Lecturer in English at Feroze Gandhi College, Rae Bareli, Uttar Predesh, India. He is the co-author of INDIAN LITERATURE: A Critical Casebook and the editor of Discovering Stephen Gill: A Collection of Papers and Articles. Dr. Agarwal's current researches focus on Indian Aesthetics, Diaspora and Contemporary Critical Theory. His interviews with a number of contemporary literary figures, as well as his research papers, book reviews, articles and poems have appeared in publications, including South Asian Review, The Vedic Path, IJPCL, Quest, The Confluence, Kafla Intercontinental, Pegasus, IJOWLAC, The Journal, Promise, The Raven Chronicles, Yellow Bat Review, Poetcrit, Carved in Sand, Turning the Tide, Blue Collar Review, Creative Writing And Criticism, Bridge-in-Making, Katha kshetre and Hyphen. Several anthologies have selected his poems and literary works including The Pagan's Muse and The People's Poet: Summer Community Magazine. His poem 'Tempest of Passion' won the second place at the Webstatic Poetry Contest of 2000. He has also been included in International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, published by American Biographical Institute, Inc.Dr. Agarwal edits Parnassus: An Innovative Journal of Literary Criticism.