Translated from the Italian by Prince Ofori-Atta
To read this in full, take out a subscription to Granta. Over thirty years of new writing at your fingertips – subscribe now.
Sign in to Granta.com.
Casta
Nicola Lo Calzo
Nicola Lo Calzo
Nicola Lo Calzo is an Italian photographer based in Paris. He has published three books: Inside Niger, Obia and Regla, and his work regularly appears in Le Monde, the New Yorker and the New York Times.
More about the author →More on Granta.com
Binidittu
Nicola Lo Calzo & Daisy Lafarge
‘It’s perhaps a truism that acts of devotion both make and unmake the devotional object.’ Daisy Lafarge introduces the photographs of Nicola Lo Calzo.
Caravan of Freedom
Nicola Lo Calzo
When Fidel Castro died, his funeral procession was called a ‘Caravan of Freedom’, and extended 900km, from Santiago to Havana.
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.
Beyond Deep Throat | Part I
Saskia Vogel
‘The eye wants to see its fill, the I wants to see how it feels.’
Saskia Vogel on the foundational stories of pornography.
Nothing Special
Nicole Flattery
‘There was very little I could do in life except get dressed, smoke the correct cigarettes.’
An extract from Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery.
The Sweet Sop
Ingrid Persaud
‘The memory of chocolate made the man crazy to see me. I became Reggie’s dealer. A voice on the phone would whisper, ‘Two Kit Kat’ and hang up.’
