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Dinaw Mengestu

Dinaw Mengestu is the author of  was born in Ethiopia and raised in Chicago. He is the author of The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears (Riverhead), published in the UK as Children of the Revolution (Jonathan Cape) and How to Read the Air. He is the recipient of the Guardian First Book Award, and one of the New Yorker’s ‘20 under 40’ writers to watch.

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Fiction | Issue 139 padlock
Fiction | Issue 139 padlock

This Is Our Descent

Dinaw Mengestu

‘When it came to our son, her defensive instincts were well-developed and all the more necessary because it was hard from the outside to see why we were so protective.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 114 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 114 padlock

They Always Come in the Night

Dinaw Mengestu

‘Tell them truth. Tell them we are out here dying.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 108 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 108 padlock

Big Money

Dinaw Mengestu

‘In a city as sprawling and as proud of its architectural grandeur as Chicago, such an emphasis on size seemed only fitting.’

In Conversation | Issue 108
In Conversation | Issue 108

Dinaw Mengestu | Interview

Dinaw Mengestu

Dinaw Mengestu talks about how he came to write ‘Big Money’, his contribution to Granta 108, his forthcoming novel, his relationship with his hometown, Chicago, and his inspiration as a writer.

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