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Fiction|The Online Edition
Compartment
Ursula Scavenius
Translated by Jennifer Russell
A short story from the collection The Dolls.
Fiction|The Online Edition
The Blake Fellowship
Timothy Ogene
An excerpt from Seesaw by Timothy Ogene.
Poetry|The Online Edition
Two Poems
Niina Pollari
‘Compassion’ and ‘Urine Season’, two poems by Niina Pollari.
Larger than an Orange
Lucy Burns
An excerpt from Larger than an Orange, a book by Lucy Burns about abortion.
Granta 156: Interiors
Granta 156: Interiors explores the spaces and systems that contain and control us.
Featuring Chris Dennis on Ghislaine Maxwell, Debra Gwartney on the last days of Barry Lopez and Lynne Tillman on the photographs of Kaitlin Maxwell.
Introducing Eva Freeman, Vanessa Onwuemezi, Sara Freeman and Okwiri Oduor.
Sleeping Beauty
Laura Demers
‘It’s normal not to be offered anything to eat or drink when you are a princess.’
Highlights From Granta Books
Recommended Reading
Mr Brown, Mrs White and Ms Black
Kei Miller
‘Yes, Ms Black. Mrs White and Mr Brown have arrived.’
An new essay by poet Kei Miller, from his forthcoming collection.
The Coming Bad Days
Sarah Bernstein
‘I began to appreciate being amongst things that were mine only. I cleaned with a puritanical zeal.’
An excerpt from Sarah Bernstein’s debut novel, The Coming Bad Days.
Second Place
Rachel Cusk
‘I stepped around as joyfully as a faun in a forest on the first day of creation.’
An excerpt from Rachel Cusk’s new novel.
When Denmark Criminalised Kindness
Lisbeth Zornig Andersen
‘We now know that it is a criminal offence to help refugees in distress.’
Arts House
Pebbles
Max Porter
A new story by Max Porter – part of our series in partnership with The Arts House, Singapore.
Pourquoi avec son Père?
Jeet Thayil
‘To read Baudelaire, he said, is to gather up the world and bring it inside.’
Jeet Thayil on remembering Baudelaire in Paris and Cochin.
Some Trouble
Sharlene Teo
Sharlene Teo on getting in trouble – part of a new series, in partnership with The Arts House, Singapore.
News, Prizes and Events
Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists 2 In Conversation at UCL
Instituto Cervantes, UCL and Granta invite you to join us on Monday 11 October at 6.30 p.m. in London to discuss the next generation of Spanish-language novelists. With contributors Cristina Morales, Carlos Fonseca and Mateo García Elizondo, introduced by editor Valerie Miles.
Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists 2 In Conversation at Cambridge
Instituto Cervantes, the University of Cambridge and Granta invite you to join us on Tuesday 12 October at 5 p.m. to discuss the next generation of Spanish-language novelists. With contributors Cristina Morales, Carlos Fonseca and Mateo García Elizondo.
A Passage North Shortlisted for The Booker Prize 2021
A Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam's second novel, is shortlisted for The Booker Prize 2021.
