To read this in full, take out a subscription to Granta. Over forty years of new writing at your fingertips – subscribe now.
Sign in to Granta.com.
Re-Entry
Andrew McConnell & Adam Marek
Andrew McConnell
Andrew McConnell is an Irish photographer. He has covered the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, life under Robert Mugabe, electronic waste in Ghana and the ongoing occupation of Western Sahara. He is represented by Panos Pictures.
More about the author →Adam Marek
Adam Marek is the author of two short-story collections, Instruction Manual for Swallowing and The Stone Thrower. His work has appeared on Radio 4 and in many anthologies, including The Penguin Book of the British Short Story.
More about the author →More on Granta.com
Interview
Brea Souders & Alice Zoo
‘How would I feel if I had messaged for years with someone that I later found out was an AI?’
Brea Souders speaks to Alice Zoo about chatbots, interconnection and the dialogue between photography and text in her work.
The Weight of the Earth
Debmalya Ray Choudhuri & John-Baptiste Oduor
‘The presence of another person at the scene is suggested. The image invites you to imagine their position and to mentally assume it.’
Photography by Debmalya Ray Choudhuri, introduced by John-Baptiste Oduor.
Podcast | Brandon Taylor
Brandon Taylor
‘How far can one deviate from the accepted pieties before one is kicked out?’
Brandon Taylor on naturalism and the future of fiction.
Lifetimes of the Soviet Union
Yuri Slezkine
‘Bolshevism, like most millenarian movements, proved a one-generation phenomenon.’
Yuri Slezkine on Soviet history and the generational arc of revolution.
The Bridge Over Shuto Expressway No. 1
Alex Preston
‘Hiro Ōe wakes earlier now that he has the apartment to himself.’
