New Writing on Granta.com
Podcasts|The Online Edition
Podcast | Mary Gaitskill
Mary Gaitskill
‘Fiction, even if it’s completely made up, does say something about how you experience reality.’
Mary Gaitskill talks about her book The Devil’s Treasure.
Fiction|The Online Edition
Of Cattle and Men
Ana Paula Maia
Translated by Zoë Perry
‘No one goes unpunished. They’re men of cattle and blood.’
An extract from Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia, translated by Zoë Perry.
Essays & Memoir|The Online Edition
Lucky Punk
Anouchka Grose
‘As evidenced by the Met show, everyone wants to be a bit punk.’ Anouchka Grose on the birth and death and rebirth of punk.
Poetry|The Online Edition
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Christodoulos Makris
‘like us or not don’t be afraid toss us a follow it counts’ Poetry by Christodoulos Makris.
Essays & Memoir|The Online Edition
Particulate Matter
Amitava Kumar
‘India, as we know it, is changing. What will it become?’ Memoir by Amitava Kumar.
Many Words for Heat, Many Words for Hate
Amitava Kumar
‘In Delhi the heat is chemical, something unworldly, a dry bandage or heating pad wrapped around the body.’
Memoir by Amitava Kumar.
Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists
‘The issue was the first of its kind. Trust me, it said. I know what I am talking about. These young writers are the future of literature. Watch. History will prove me right.’
A history of the list, with reflections from Bill Buford and other editors.
The Antigua Journals (What Is a Homeland)
Chanelle Benz
‘I am used to not belonging; it is, you could say, my brand.’
Chanelle Benz on reuniting with her father in Antigua.
Granta 162: Definitive Narratives of Escape
Our winter issue, Granta 162: Definitive Narratives of Escape, is about loss and grief, repair and resolution. With new work from Annie Ernaux (tr. Alison L. Strayer), Peter Gizzi, Catherine Lacey, Richard Eyre, Aaron Schuman and many more.
Interview
Daisy Lafarge
‘The earliest life on the planet was life without air, anaerobic bacteria that slowly died off when oxygen began to pollute the atmosphere’.
Highlights From Granta Books
From the Archive
An Evening of Martyrdom
Golnoosh Nour
New fiction from Golnoosh Nour’s debut collection about the lives of young, queer Iranians.
Recommended Reading
On Sizewell C
William Atkins
‘Where do we go, as a country, for power?’
William Atkins on the proposed nuclear power station in Suffolk.
Nancy’s Victory
Diane Williams
‘She saw a small swatch of pink and supposed a sunset was out there and thought, What can that knockout pink do for me?’
New fiction by Diane Williams.
Small Girl Landlady
Adachioma Ezeano
‘Trouble was awake – we didn’t need anyone to tell us.’
New fiction by Adachioma Ezeano.
The Blake Fellowship
Timothy Ogene
‘They call it POC here, you know, People of Colour.’
An excerpt from Timothy Ogene’s satire, Seesaw.
News, Prizes and Events
In Love and Constructing a Nervous System Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize
In Love by Amy Bloom and Constructing a Nervous System by Margo Jefferson have been shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize for Non-Fiction.
I’m A Fan Longlisted for the Women’s Prize
I'm A Fan by Sheena Patel is on the longlist for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023.
Heritage Aesthetics Longlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award
Heritage Aesthetics by Anthony Anaxagorou has been longlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award, which celebrates literature about Greece.
