New Writing on Granta.com
Poetry|The Online Edition
I, Minotaur
Natalie Diaz
‘There is no such thing as time or June, / only what you’re born into’
A new poem by Natalie Diaz.
In Conversation|The Online Edition
In Conversation
Fernanda Melchor & Sophie Hughes
‘It’s easy to forget the power of words in an era ruled by profuse, beautiful and entrancing images.’
In Conversation|The Online Edition
Interview
Eimear McBride
‘Spending time in a place in which you have no personal stake breeds a peculiar kind of contemplativeness.’
Fiction|The Online Edition
Sing Stone, Speak Fire
Dan Bradley
‘The emergency cords have been removed from the carriages for some time.’
A new story by Dan Bradley.
Scheherazade Conjoining (31)
Jay G. Ying
‘Thank any God, our emergency is celestially authorised’
New poetry by Jay G. Ying.
The Lost Performance of the High Priestess of the Temple of Horror
Carmen Maria Machado
‘The light pouring from the open door throbbed like a bruised thumb.’
New fiction from Carmen Maria Machado.
Granta 150: There Must Be Ways to Organise the World with Language
Winter 2020
‘There must be ways to organise the world with language.’ From ‘Binyavanga’ by Pwaangulongii Dauod
The English language is like London, a cluster of myriad villages, each with its own atmosphere and particular cadences. This issue – our 150th – celebrates language, showcasing some of the most inventive writers of fiction today.
Highlights From Granta Books
The Latest from Granta Books
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Indelicacy
Amina Cain
‘Every morning and night I walked through that city, to and from the museum.’
From Amina Cain’s new novel.
10 Schools of Philosophy that should be better known (in the West)
Julian Baggini
The author of How The World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy explains ten of the most overlooked philosophies from around the world.
On Being French and Chinese
Tash Aw
‘We were trapped in a sort of double prison: by poverty in Europe, and by China and its expectations of us.’
In Conversation
Robert Macfarlane & Adam Scovell
‘Travelling into the Ness for the first time was exactly like Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker’
