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Climb the Mountains
Apricot Irving
'Harm that comes through the hands of those we love must be wrestled with; it does not simply disappear.'
20/20
Tatyana Tolstaya
'I didn't start out a writer, and had no plans of becoming one.' Tatyana Tolstaya, translated from the Russian by Anya Migdal
Lisa Moore | Notes on Craft
Lisa Moore
‘I wanted to explore what a “likeness” is, and how the act of capturing a person through a portrait might compare to writing a character.’
Moose Magic
Téa Obreht
Téa Obreht on a chance encounter with a moose in Wyoming, for Granta 142: Animalia
A Not-So-Pretty History of Pet Care
Daniel Magariel
‘One day after the next I would figure out what was needed, learn from my mistakes, pay attention to what worked.’
Cumbrian Fell Pony
Sarah Hall
Sarah Hall writes about the Cumbrian fell pony for Granta 142: Animalia.
American Maniac
Rafael Frumkin
‘I would peel wrappers off sandwiches, remove noodles from their boxes, fry up meat before any authorities had the chance to track me and my bounty down.’
Exquisite Corpse
Frances Stonor Saunders
‘Europe awoke to a freezing post-war dawn. The winter of 1947 was the worst ever recorded.’
The Agony and Ecstasy of Escape
Will Boast
Will Boast on how Bernini's Apollo and Daphne helped him write his latest novel
