New Writing on Granta.com
Fiction|The Online Edition
Jean Betrays Memory
David Hayden
‘Beauty was a state of being blamed’
New fiction by David Hayden.
Essays & Memoir|The Online Edition
The Overspill
Elaine L. Wang
Elaine L. Wang remembers friendship, flag-raising ceremonies and class elections at elementary school in Beijing.
Fiction|The Online Edition
Larger than an Orange
Lucy Burns
An excerpt from Larger than an Orange, a book by Lucy Burns about abortion.
Fiction|The Online Edition
Oldladyvoice
Elisa Victoria
Translated by Charlotte Whittle
‘I hope I never have to miss a playdate for catechism.’
An excerpt from Oldladyvoice, translated from the Spanish by Charlotte Whittle.
Essays & Memoir|The Online Edition
Talismans of Blood and Memory
Philip Kurian
On the worldwide campaign to return sacred objects to the ancestral communities from which they were taken.
An Adult Taste
Kang Young-sook
‘The blood that flowed down the drain was a deep dark red, but it appeared clean, even refreshing.’
A new story by Kang Young-sook, translated from the Korean by Janet Hong.
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
Launch | Granta 156: Interiors
Granta invites you to the launch of our summer issue Granta 156: Interiors. Join us on 29 July at 7 p.m. London time to hear from a selection of contributors. Register to attend on Zoom.
A Passage North Shortlisted for The Booker Prize 2021
A Passage North, Anuk Arudpragasam's second novel, is shortlisted for The Booker Prize 2021.
Alejandro Zambra shortlisted for Vargas Llosa Prize
Alejandro Zambra has been shortlisted for the Mario Vargas Llosa Prize for his novel Chilean Poet.
