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Introduction
Sigrid Rausing
Editor and publisher Sigrid Rausing introduces Granta 144: genericlovestory.
Kathryn Scanlan | Notes on Craft
Kathryn Scanlan
‘I try to write a sentence as unbudging and fully itself as some object sitting on a shelf in my office.’
Mother’s Death
Stephen Sharp
‘Last year father attacked me as a “wet radish”. This caused me to give up writing diary entries.’
Murasaki’s Paper Trail
Martin Puchner
Martin Puchner on how Murasaki Shikibu, a lady-in-waiting at the Japanese court, manage to write the first great novel of world literature.
Notes on Craft
Paul Dalla Rosa
‘I feel like I’m haunting an empty building, inert, waiting for each room to burst into flames.’
Pay for Your Words
Peter Pomerantsev
Peter Pomerantsev downloads his Facebook data. ‘We seem to be caught in a trap: the more we use a word, the more we will be charged for it.’
Poppy
Caroline Criado Perez
'I never worried about my flat catching fire before Poppy came along.' Caroline Criado Perez on her pet Poppy.
Souvankham Thammavongsa | Notes on Craft
Souvankham Thammavongsa
‘When I look at a word, I can see the thing inside it. The ear inside heart.’
The Best Book of 1943: Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles
Kathryn Scanlan
Kathryn Scanlan on the best book of 1943: Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles.
The Canvas Bag
Inigo Thomas
‘It was given to her by her Japanese captors after the Fall of Singapore on 15 February 1942 to pack the few possessions she was allowed to take with her to prison.’
