Laura Kasischke | Granta

Laura Kasischke

Laura Kasischke has published eight novels and eight collections of poetry. Her most recent collection, Space, in Chains, received the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2011. She teaches at the University of Michigan.

Laura Kasischke on Granta.com

Poetry | Issue 126 padlock
Poetry | Issue 126 padlock

The Common Cold

Laura Kasischke

‘But here we are again, you and I, the / two of us, tangled / up and biological.’

Essays & Memoir | Issue 126
Essays & Memoir | Issue 126

Laura Kasischke | First Sentence

Laura Kasischke

‘There really was a moth I found in a toolbox (not as musical or interesting as ‘strongbox’), alive, in the attic, in that box.’

Poetry | Issue 126
Poetry | Issue 126

The first resurrection

Laura Kasischke

‘The moth locked up all / winter in the strongbox.’

Granta magazine is run by the Granta Trust (charity number 1184638)

The copyright to all contents of this site is held either by Granta or by the individual authors, and none of the material may be used elsewhere without written permission. For reprint enquiries, contact us.

  • Granta
  • 12 Addison Avenue
  • London W11 4QR
  • United Kingdom
  • Tel +44(0)20 7605 1360