New Writing on Granta.com
Fiction|The Online Edition
Unbury Our Dead with Song
Mũkoma Wa Ngũgĩ
A Kenyan journalist falls in love with the Tizita, popularly called Ethiopian blues, in this extract from Mũkoma Wa Ngũgĩ’s new novel.
In Conversation|The Online Edition
In Conversation
Louise Kennedy & Sarah Moss
Two Ireland-based writers discussing national identity, disappointing holidays and art deco china.
Fiction|The Online Edition
The Disappearance of Mumma Dell
Roland Watson-Grant
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize for the region of the Caribbean
In Conversation|The Online Edition
In Conversation
Natasha Brown & Victoria Adukwei Bulley
A discussion about exhaustion, refusal and the beginner’s mindset.
Granddaughter of the Octopus
Rémy Ngamije
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize for the region of Africa.
I Cleaned the –
Kanya D’Almeida
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize for the region of Asia.
Turnstones
Carol Farrelly
Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize from the region of Canada and Europe.
Granta 155: Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists 2
This issue of Granta showcases the work of twenty-five of the most exciting writers under thirty-five in the Spanish-speaking world, chosen by judges Chloe Aridjis, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Rodrigo Fresán, Aurelio Major, Gaby Wood and guest editor Valerie Miles.
Breast or Tooth?
Tishani Doshi
‘A breast just casually hanging around, being a functional exocrine gland, enjoying the sun? Impossible.’
Tishani Doshi on women’s rights in India.
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.
The Stinky Ocean
Ian Jack
‘It was a peculiar, alopecic landscape of hummocks and gullies, with patches of grass growing on what looked like white earth, and rarely a soul to be seen.’
News, Prizes and Events
Holly Pester, Kayo Chingonyi and Many More Shortlisted for the Forward Prizes for Poetry
Holly Pester’s collection Comic Timing, published by Granta Books, is shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Granta has also published work by numerous other shortlisted writers.
The Manningtree Witches is Shortlisted for The Desmond Elliott Prize 2021
The Manningtree Witches by AK Blakemore is Shortlisted for The Desmond Elliott Prize 2021.
Natalie Diaz Wins Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
Natalie Diaz has won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection Postcolonial Love Poem. ‘I, Minotaur’, included in this collection, was first published by Granta.
