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Emma Cline | Five Things Right Now
Emma Cline
The author of The Girls and one of our 2017 Best of Young American Novelist shares five things she’s reading, watching and thinking about right now.
Daniel Magariel | Five Things Right Now
Daniel Magariel
Daniel Magariel shares five things he’s reading, watching and thinking about right now.
Paul Auster In Conversation
Paul Auster & Luke Neima
Paul Auster in conversation about existential doubt, where he finds his inspiration, and the writing of his longest novel to date, 4 3 2 1.
Julianne Pachico and Colin Barrett in Conversation
Julianne Pachico & Colin Barrett
Julianne Pachico and Colin Barrett debate line writing vs free writing, inherited literatures and how to give a reading.
Eli Goldstone | Five Things Right Now
Eli Goldstone
‘The closest I come to meditating is sitting in front of a tumble dryer with a dead magazine.’
George Saunders In Conversation | Podcast
George Saunders
A discussion of the mind of Abraham Lincoln, the art of creating historical voices, verbal improv and writing the afterlife.
Sarah Gerard | Five Things Right Now
Sarah Gerard
Sarah Gerard on Leonora Carrington, shoegaze music and gaslighting.
Sana Krasikov and Viv Groskop In Conversation
Sana Krasikov & Viv Groskop
Sana Krasikov and Viv Groskop discuss the Soviet experience, the rise of mass cynicism and the politics of Russia and the US today.
Cats Explain Things to Me | Discoveries
Typo
Take a paws from your busy day for this week’s Discoveries – guest edited by Granta’s very own Typo the cat.
Sana Krasikov | Five Things Right Now
Sana Krasikov
‘The world is teeming with demons who are always looking for ways to screw with your good fortune.’
Diane Williams In Conversation | Podcast
Diane Williams & Luke Neima
Williams discusses her approach to writing and editing, the gatekeepers of literary publication and stitching.
F. Scott Fitzgerald Reads John Keats’ ‘Ode to a Nightingale’
Luke Neima
Not long before he died on 21 December 1940, F. Scott Fitzgerald recorded himself reading a version of John Keats’ ‘Ode to a Nightingale’.
Gwendoline Riley | Five Things Right Now
Gwendoline Riley
Gwendoline Riley on Caspar David Friedrich, sketching and Chekhov.
Five Things Right Now: Cynan Jones
Cynan Jones
‘A pair of seagulls. I say a pair. They might just be good friends.’
Granta Reads: Carmen Maria Machado’s ‘The Husband Stitch’
Carmen Maria Machado
For our final Granta Reads’ Halloween podcast, Rosalind Porter reads Carmen Maria Machado’s ‘The Husband...
Five Things Right Now: Eliza Robertson
Eliza Robertson
‘For me, astrology’s opened this new language and field of understanding.’
Granta Reads: Darcey Steinke’s ‘Frankenstein’s Mother’
Darcey Steinke
For the second episode of the Granta Reads’ Halloween series, Eleanor Chandler reads Darcey Steinke’s...
Granta Reads: Angela Carter’s ‘Cousins’
Angela Carter
In this Halloween edition of the Granta podcast, Josie Mitchell reads Angela Carter’s 1980 short story, ‘Cousins’. The first in our Halloween series.
