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Brad Watson | Interview
Brad Watson & Patrick Ryan
‘This story did emerge from the single image of the mother, angry, vacuuming while her three boys watched television, a little dumbfounded and afraid. That’s a memory from my childhood that’s always stuck with me.’
Brigitte Grignet | Interview
Brigitte Grignet & Daniela Silva
‘Places sitting at the edges of the world are often destroyed in the name of so-called development.’
Bruce Chatwin | Interview
Bruce Chatwin & Michael Ignatieff
‘We have everything here, but I always wish I was somewhere else. It's a condition that makes one very difficult to live with.’
Carlos Yushimito and Santiago Roncagliolo In Conversation
Carlos Yushimito & Santiago Roncagliolo
‘We shouldn’t just study people through their archives, but also by being witness to their dreams.’
Catherine Chung | Interview
Catherine Chung & Patrick Ryan
‘I think that my appreciation of what’s considered beautiful or elegant in math definitely carried over into what I appreciate in other fields as well. ’
Catherine Chung | Interview
Catherine Chung & Ollie Brock
‘I think my interest in mathematics was that of a writer: I was always trying to translate it back into a story.’
Catherine Lacey | Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists
Catherine Lacey & Luke Neima
Catherine Lacey discuses voice, characterization and the minute details that bring a story to life
Catherine Lacey | Interview
Catherine Lacey & Louise Scothern
‘It's uncomfortable, at times, to be alive, so I see no reason why a voice in fiction shouldn't be also.’
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.
Charlotte Roche | Interview
Charlotte Roche & Philip Oltermann
‘I love that image. Me flying over Germany, throwing sex bombs into people’s minds.’
Chinelo Okparanta | Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists
Chinelo Okparanta & Luke Neima
‘As a person in the diaspora sometimes you ask yourself, well who will claim you? And then it really is up to you to claim a place for yourself.’
Chinelo Okparanta | Interview
Chinelo Okparanta & Yuka Igarashi
‘I wanted to be sure to approach their resistance to Nnenna’s homosexuality from a practical perspective – one of fear, rather than one of hate.’