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Women and Power in Cuba

Germaine Greer

‘For a feminist like me who considers that the combination of dazzle with drudgery is one of the most insidious ways in which women in our society are subject to stress, the multiplication of contradictory demands upon the Cuban women is a cause for concern.’

Growing up with the King of Pop

Marlon James

‘The thrill of Thriller was being part of something global and local at once.’

Great Falls

Richard Ford

‘This is not a happy story. I warn you.’

Brandy

Philip Hensher

‘So there is music and music. It is not easy, after all.’

Ruchir Joshi | Interview

Ruchir Joshi

Writer and filmmaker Ruchir Joshi on his essay ‘Tracing Puppa’, Calcutta and his dreams of writing for Granta.

The Dinner

Julián Fuks

‘Sebastián can do nothing but seek refuge in his dinner plate.’

Some Heat

Miranda July

‘No one knows why ripping up a name makes a person call – science can’t explain it. Erasing the name also works.’

The Imam and the Indian

Amitav Ghosh

‘We were both travelling, he and I: we were travelling in the West. The only difference was that I had actually been there, in person.’

The Kite Trick

Bill Gaston

‘He hated it when people said ying-yang.’

God and Me

Simon Gray

‘I'd grown up and become too educated to allow God's breath on my skin.’

Fortunate It Is If Her Skirts Do Not Catch Fire

Amy Gerstler

‘I must remember god is not my private / secretary.’

A Sign of Weakness

Terrence Holt

‘Fast asleep, even comatose, a living body moves.’

White into Black

Martha Gellhorn

‘It is hard to believe that, in 1952, there were only two places on earth where blacks could not be insulted or mistreated simply because of their colour: Haiti and Liberia.’

House Style: Editing Brazil

Yuka Igarashi

‘We’re freaks . . . Why are we still talking about typos?’