Salman Rushdie, Richard Russo, Elizabeth McCracken and A.L. Kennedy gave readings and then spoke with Granta editor John Freeman about the magazine and their contributions to it through the years.
On Monday 12 July, Granta 111: Going Back and the online archive launched at the British Library. Salman Rushdie, Richard Russo, Elizabeth McCracken and A.L. Kennedy gave readings and then spoke with Granta editor John Freeman about the magazine and their contributions to it through the years. Watch a video of the readings and the discussion below.
‘We meet at various points in the great swathes of the past that neither of us were alive to witness.’
Allen Bratton on a daytrip to a castle with his older boyfriend.
‘Listening to three white poets, whom I suspect are academics, talk about the state of poetry.’
Oluwaseun Olayiwola eavesdrops on an older generation.
‘I’d been dubious about his company at first.’
Sarah Moss on watching Shakespeare with her twelve-year-old son.
‘She didn’t trust us because, to her, tenants were like children.’
Kate Zambreno on negotiating with her older landlady.
‘A moment now swallowed in embarrassment, I asked a question only a young person might ask an older one.’
Lynne Tillman on trying to understand what makes a generation.
