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Biram Mboob
‘He was conscious of something that had been growing in him as he walked here alone on Rimroad: some dark unreasoning paranoia.’
Granta 166: Generations Online
Generation Gap
‘We meet at various points in the great swathes of the past that neither of us were alive to witness.’
Allen Bratton on a daytrip to a castle with his older boyfriend.
Generation Gap
‘Listening to three white poets, whom I suspect are academics, talk about the state of poetry.’
Oluwaseun Olayiwola eavesdrops on an older generation.
Generation Gap
‘I’d been dubious about his company at first.’
Sarah Moss on watching Shakespeare with her twelve-year-old son.
Generation Gap
‘She didn’t trust us because, to her, tenants were like children.’
Kate Zambreno on negotiating with her older landlady.
Generation Gap
‘A moment now swallowed in embarrassment, I asked a question only a young person might ask an older one.’
Lynne Tillman on trying to understand what makes a generation.
Biram Mboob
Biram Mboob was born in the Gambia in 1979. His work has appeared in a number of magazines as well as in a number of anthologies, including Tell Tales and Dreams, Miracles and Jazz. He lives in South London.
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