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Barbara Ras and Matthew Dickman In Conversation
Matthew Dickman & Barbara Ras
‘They happen organically. If a can of Pepsi shows up it’s because I was thinking about a can of Pepsi.’
Daniel Alarcón | Interview
Daniel Alarcón & John Freeman
‘Granta editor John Freeman interviews Daniel Alarcón about book piracy in Peru.’
Postcards | New Voices
Soumaya Battacharya, Hannah Gersen & Evan James Roskos
Granta catches up with three writers featured in the New Voices series: Soumaya Battacharya, Hannah Gersen and Evan James Roskos.
Charles Simic | Interview
Charles Simic & Rachael Allen
Charles Simic is one of today's most prolific poets. He speaks with poetry editor Rachael Allen about poetic movements, simple dishes and tragicomedy.
Pounding a Nail
Studs Terkel
‘It wasn't his first radio interview—he'd done a few in New York the previous year—but certainly among his earliest.’
Jess Row | Interview
Jess Row & Ollie Brock
‘What I’m most drawn to in writing about this subject is the way in which very small, intimate acts of violence (not even necessarily physical violence) often serve as a microcosm or incubator for the massive, cataclysmic violence we see all around us in the world.’
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.’
Salman Rushdie | Interview
Salman Rushdie & John Freeman
‘I'm not quite the same person as the ‘me’ about whom the book is written.’
Lauren Holmes | Interview
Lauren Holmes & Louise Scothern
‘Even if you move to the other side of the world, and even if you don’t speak for years or decades, your family is always going to be a part of you.’
Ha Jin | Interview
Ha Jin & Helen Gordon
‘My reason for writing in English is twofold: to separate my existence from the state power of China and to preserve the integrity of my work.’
Granta em Português | Interview
Ollie Brock, Robert Feith & Marcelo Ferroni
‘It’s been a rich, multifaceted, very challenging and hugely rewarding professional experience.’
Granta China | Interview
Patrizia van Daalen, Peng Lun & Ted Hodgkinson
‘Young perspectives always facilitate access to a culture because they are more easily accepted, and it is easier, most times, to assimilate with them.’
