Astrid Alben

Astrid Alben discusses her work, the interdisciplinary journal Pars, and developing a poetic alter ego.

Ann Beattie

Ann Beattie shares five things she’s reading, watching and thinking about right now.

Pwaangulongii Dauod

Mark Gevisser and Pwaangulongii Dauod discuss Africa’s LGBTI communities, an experience of violent sexual repression, and Afro-Modernity.

Melissa Febos

‘I don’t care if anyone is watching and that’s the point.’

Renee Gladman

‘I go here to slow everything down, to study shadow in a space of dreaming.’

Rachel B. Glaser

Rachel B. Glaser shares five things she’s reading, watching and thinking about right now.

Cynan Jones

‘A pair of seagulls. I say a pair. They might just be good friends.’

April Ayers Lawson

She shares five things she’s reading, watching and thinking about right now.

Melissa Lee-Houghton

‘It thrills and delights me that I can now watch concerts I would’ve given several fingers to go to in the ’90s, albeit wonky though these videos are.’

Carmen Maria Machado

Siobhán Mannion

Siobhán Mannion shares five things she’s reading, watching and thinking about right now.

Eliza Robertson

‘For me, astrology’s opened this new language and field of understanding.’

Katy Simpson Smith

Katy Simpson Smith shares five things she’s reading, watching and thinking about right now.

Various

The Granta staff shares what they’re reading over the summer.