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Giver

Molly Lynch

‘A single drop of milk clings to my right nipple like a promise. Or a taunt.’

A short story by Molly Lynch.

Theories of Care

Sophie Mackintosh

‘The monstrous years of my late teens lay lined up alongside the rest of my life like bullets in a gun.’

A story by Sophie Mackintosh.

Circles

Anna Metcalfe

‘He was grumpy in a way that I enjoyed. It reassured me that he was easily displeased – he was discerning, I thought.’

Fiction by Anna Metcalfe.

Wales

Thomas Morris

‘If Wales win tonight, everything will turn out okay.’

Thomas Morris on football, family and financial precarity.

Kweku

Derek Owusu

‘I don’t remember his face, nor him as a whole.’

Derek Owusu on fathers and family.

Podcast | Vanessa Onwuemezi

Vanessa Onwuemezi

‘I think sometimes that when things are really explained to you, you kind of cheat someone from experiencing a deeper feeling.’

Vanessa Onwuemezi talks about her book Dark Neighbourhood.

On Writing ‘Blind Bitter Happiness’

Adam Mars-Jones

‘When I was put on Granta’s first Best of Young British Novelists list in 1983, no novel of mine had been published.’

On Judging Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists

A.L. Kennedy

A.L. Kennedy on being chosen for, and judging Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists.

Close to Home

Michael Magee

‘I thought about how I had tricked everyone into thinking I was hard, that I could handle myself, without ever having to throw a punch.’

An extract from Close to Home by Michael Magee.

Of Cattle and Men

Ana Paula Maia

‘No one goes unpunished. They’re men of cattle and blood.’

An extract from Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia, translated by Zoë Perry.

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Christodoulos Makris

‘like us or not don’t be afraid toss us a follow it counts’

Poetry by Christodoulos Makris.

Particulate Matter

Amitava Kumar

‘India, as we know it, is changing. What will it become?’

Memoir by Amitava Kumar.

On Beyoncé

Okechukwu Nzelu

‘Renaissance gives back, by reminding Black queer people what it’s like to be in our most sacred spaces.’

Okechukwu Nzelu on Beyoncé.

Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies

Maddie Mortimer

This one – it’s a bit of a beast, he said.’

An extract from Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer. Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2022.