"A slow-burning bittersweet story... Nayak weaves together the antagonistic psychic life of the main character, Kavya, with the politics and pleasures of academia, the vexing terrain of mothering, and the possibility of, might we say, self-love."

"Tilt is a searing and revelatory investigation into how seemingly unrelated personal tragedies link to colonialism, mental health, and generational trauma across oceans and borders."