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Letters to the Editor in Granta 21: The Story-Teller.

Essays & Memoir
The Online Edition
25th June 1987
Essays & Memoir
The Online Edition
25th June 1987

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Essays & Memoir | Issue 171

Los Angeles, Indiana

Jesse Barron

‘The material becomes a fable about Los Angeles, a city that is always watching itself watch itself.’

Jesse Barron on Los Angeles and Gary Indiana’s final novel.

Essays & Memoir | Issue 171

Dead Friends

Thomas Meaney

‘Dead friends come to us unbidden – in unexpected moments, in dreams. They remain in conversation. In these pages, writers have transmitted the flickering aura of their departed friends.’

The editor introduces the issue.

Essays & Memoir | Issue 171

Burning Mao

Fernanda Eberstadt

‘On 7 December 1976, I finally succeeded in pestering my parents into introducing me to Andy Warhol.’

Fernanda Eberstadt on her friendship with Andy Warhol.

Fiction | Issue 171

Posterity

Joshua Cohen

‘The festival dedicated to his late father was scheduled to open tomorrow evening on the Mediterranean island of Midorca and the evening after that Acker was set to present his remarks at the Biblioteca Pública de Midorca.’

Fiction by Joshua Cohen.

Fiction | Issue 171

All Being Well

Susie Boyt

‘Of course your head would get muddled with the other person’s at the end. It was just the practical side of “for better or for worse”. That was friendship so much more than marriage.’

Fiction by Susie Boyt.

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Two Farms: One Black, One White

Lindsey Hilsum

‘They were both in their early forties. We drank tea on the veranda, watching the dogs play as the water sprinkler greened the lawn. This was the Africa of the white man's dream, where nature can be subdued inside the compound, but where the bush extends in its thrilling wildness just beyond the fence.’

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