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Andrea Mullaney | Interview
Andrea Mullaney
‘To move past the ugly parts of history, you have to acknowledge them, on all sides, and this is what I think historical fiction can do so well: show how we got from there to here.’
Anthony Marra | Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists
Anthony Marra
‘The terrain of literature is this space where you can pose these paradoxes of personal and political ethics’
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi | Five Things Right Now
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
‘The only recurring emotion I remember experiencing was a kind of manic delight at procrastinating.’
Bill Morgan | Interview
Bill Morgan
‘We’ve fallen out of the habit of writing out our lives for one another, and instead we just pick up the phone.’
Catherine Lacey | Five Things Right Now
Catherine Lacey
Catherine Lacey shares five things she’s reading, watching and thinking about right now.
D.T. Max | Podcast
D.T. Max
D.T. Max on about why ‘David always wanted to be one David’, the solace he found in twelve-step programmes and what his use of wiper-fluid, on a car ride with Jonathan Franzen, reveals about his prose style.
Daniel Magariel | Five Things Right Now
Daniel Magariel
Daniel Magariel shares five things he’s reading, watching and thinking about right now.
Daniyal Mueenuddin | Interview
Daniyal Mueenuddin
‘Great translations are much rarer than great works of fiction or poetry.’
Diana McCaulay | Interview
Diana McCaulay
‘I want my writing to be grounded in the real and complex place, without nostalgia or idealization.’
Dinaw Mengestu | Interview
Dinaw Mengestu
Dinaw Mengestu talks about how he came to write ‘Big Money’, his contribution to Granta 108, his forthcoming novel, his relationship with his hometown, Chicago, and his inspiration as a writer.
Elizabeth McCracken | Interview
Elizabeth McCracken
‘This week John Freeman spoke to Best Young American Novelist Elizabeth McCracken about her works-in-progress, a novel that broke up into six short stories, and her contribution to Granta’s latest issue.’
