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‘People are inchoate, irrational – constantly on the verge of discovering who they are and then swerving away at the last moment.’
The latest episode of the Granta podcast features Karan Mahajan and is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts now.
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The latest episode of the Granta podcast features Karan Mahajan and is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts now.
granta.com/podcast-kara...
Podcast | Karan Mahajan | Granta
‘People are inchoate, irrational – constantly on the verge of discovering who they are and then swerving away at the last moment.’ Karan Mahajan on writing about politics in fiction, the Khalistani…
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December 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
‘People are inchoate, irrational – constantly on the verge of discovering who they are and then swerving away at the last moment.’
The latest episode of the Granta podcast features Karan Mahajan and is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts now.
granta.com/podcast-kara...
The latest episode of the Granta podcast features Karan Mahajan and is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts now.
granta.com/podcast-kara...
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ICYMI: @grantamag.bsky.social published poems from the Poetry in Translation Prize shortlist. The inaugural winner of the prize will be announced in January 2026. Read them here: granta.com/the-poetry-i...
The Poetry in Translation Prize | 2025 | Granta
The Poetry in Translation Prize, founded by Fitzcarraldo Editions, New Directions and Giramondo, is a...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
ICYMI: @grantamag.bsky.social published poems from the Poetry in Translation Prize shortlist. The inaugural winner of the prize will be announced in January 2026. Read them here: granta.com/the-poetry-i...
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A Year in Reading 2025 | Granta
Friends and contributors to the magazine share their year in reading.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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In partnership with Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions, Granta is pleased to presents extracts from the eight shortlisted collections for the Poetry in Translation Prize 2025.
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The Poetry in Translation Prize | 2025 | Granta
The Poetry in Translation Prize, founded by Fitzcarraldo Editions, New Directions and Giramondo, is a...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
In partnership with Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions, Granta is pleased to presents extracts from the eight shortlisted collections for the Poetry in Translation Prize 2025.
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Granta magazine is now on Substack. Follow to receive exclusive material, starting with Granta staff’s recommendations on the best books they read this year.
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A Year in Reading, Granta Staff Picks
Granta Staff looks back on what we've read in 2025.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Granta magazine is now on Substack. Follow to receive exclusive material, starting with Granta staff’s recommendations on the best books they read this year.
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‘Rhetorical questions in contemporary fiction and memoir offer a different ideology, something that hews closer to the Jewish mystic tradition of asking questions at Passover or the contemplative prayer of Trappist monk Thomas Merton.’
Grace Byron on asking questions.
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Grace Byron on asking questions.
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Doubting Thomas | Grace Byron | Granta
‘As kids raised in the church, were supposed to be content to live in a world of answers, all neatly laid out in hymnals and Vacation Bible School.’ Grace Byron on faith, rebellion and asking…
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December 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
‘Rhetorical questions in contemporary fiction and memoir offer a different ideology, something that hews closer to the Jewish mystic tradition of asking questions at Passover or the contemplative prayer of Trappist monk Thomas Merton.’
Grace Byron on asking questions.
granta.com/doubting-tho...
Grace Byron on asking questions.
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I've just read this story, and it's so good! Such a perfect portrayal of the narrator through his thoughts. I now want to read more by Vivek Shanbhag.
#shortstory #storytelling
#shortstory #storytelling
‘He introduced me: “Mr Manmohan, my boss, but more importantly, a famous Kannada short-story writer.” I listened for any trace of sarcasm.’
Fiction by Vivek Shanbhag, translated by Srinath Perur.
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Fiction by Vivek Shanbhag, translated by Srinath Perur.
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A Measure of Martyrdom | Vivek Shanbhag | Granta
‘I didn’t mention Shami to my wife, I am not sure why. Maybe, deep down, I wanted to keep her a secret.’ Fiction by Vivek Shanbhag translated by Srinath Perur.
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December 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I've just read this story, and it's so good! Such a perfect portrayal of the narrator through his thoughts. I now want to read more by Vivek Shanbhag.
#shortstory #storytelling
#shortstory #storytelling
‘The punctuation family is a close-knit one, with barely half a dozen members, but there is an outlying tribe of more or less distant cousins.’
Adam Mars-Jones on lesser-known punctuations marks.
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Adam Mars-Jones on lesser-known punctuations marks.
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Apotheosis of a Speck | Adam Mars-Jones | Granta
‘The punctuation family is a close-knit one, with barely half a dozen members, but there is an outlying tribe of more or less distant cousins.’ Adam Mars-Jones on lesser-known punctuations marks.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
‘The punctuation family is a close-knit one, with barely half a dozen members, but there is an outlying tribe of more or less distant cousins.’
Adam Mars-Jones on lesser-known punctuations marks.
granta.com/apotheosis-o...
Adam Mars-Jones on lesser-known punctuations marks.
granta.com/apotheosis-o...
In partnership with Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions, Granta is pleased to presents extracts from the eight shortlisted collections for the Poetry in Translation Prize 2025.
granta.com/the-poetry-i...
granta.com/the-poetry-i...
The Poetry in Translation Prize | 2025 | Granta
The Poetry in Translation Prize, founded by Fitzcarraldo Editions, New Directions and Giramondo, is a...
granta.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
In partnership with Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions, Granta is pleased to presents extracts from the eight shortlisted collections for the Poetry in Translation Prize 2025.
granta.com/the-poetry-i...
granta.com/the-poetry-i...
A Year in Reading 2025 | Granta
Friends and contributors to the magazine share their year in reading.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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definitely my favourite subscription & really excited about this issue
November 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
definitely my favourite subscription & really excited about this issue
‘Sometimes questions lead the way and sometimes they block it. This is the paradox of the interrogative.’
Grace Byron on abandoning the promise of easy answers.
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Grace Byron on abandoning the promise of easy answers.
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Doubting Thomas | Grace Byron | Granta
‘As kids raised in the church, were supposed to be content to live in a world of answers, all neatly laid out in hymnals and Vacation Bible School.’ Grace Byron on faith, rebellion and asking…
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December 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
‘Sometimes questions lead the way and sometimes they block it. This is the paradox of the interrogative.’
Grace Byron on abandoning the promise of easy answers.
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Grace Byron on abandoning the promise of easy answers.
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We are saddened to hear of the death of Martin Parr, whose photography featured on the cover of Granta 98: The Deep End. He will be missed.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We are saddened to hear of the death of Martin Parr, whose photography featured on the cover of Granta 98: The Deep End. He will be missed.
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‘The question mark has a bad reputation. It’s unruly, a rebel feeding on chaos.’
Grace Byron on faith, doubt and teenage rebellion.
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Grace Byron on faith, doubt and teenage rebellion.
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Doubting Thomas | Grace Byron | Granta
‘As kids raised in the church, were supposed to be content to live in a world of answers, all neatly laid out in hymnals and Vacation Bible School.’ Grace Byron on faith, rebellion and asking…
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December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
‘The question mark has a bad reputation. It’s unruly, a rebel feeding on chaos.’
Grace Byron on faith, doubt and teenage rebellion.
granta.com/doubting-tho...
Grace Byron on faith, doubt and teenage rebellion.
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‘In the Evangelical church we were supposed to accept the answers we were given as final. Questions and doubts were met hesitantly, like youthful rebellion.’
Grace Byron on embracing questions.
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Grace Byron on embracing questions.
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Doubting Thomas | Grace Byron | Granta
‘As kids raised in the church, were supposed to be content to live in a world of answers, all neatly laid out in hymnals and Vacation Bible School.’ Grace Byron on faith, rebellion and asking…
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December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
‘In the Evangelical church we were supposed to accept the answers we were given as final. Questions and doubts were met hesitantly, like youthful rebellion.’
Grace Byron on embracing questions.
granta.com/doubting-tho...
Grace Byron on embracing questions.
granta.com/doubting-tho...
‘These were fraught times, and not just because of the virus. The most pressing question for Indian writers – whose stories should we tell? – was burning blazingly.’
Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
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Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
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Appropriation | Tanuj Solanki |Granta
‘Weren’t Jyoti’s long run-on sentences also a way to show off, an exercise in breathlessness and nothing else?’ Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
‘These were fraught times, and not just because of the virus. The most pressing question for Indian writers – whose stories should we tell? – was burning blazingly.’
Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
granta.com/appropriation/
Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
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‘There were pleasantries. There were commiserations for the state of the nation. There was solidarity. There was gossip, too, as much as a shared abhorrence of other, more successful writers can provide.’
Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
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Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
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Appropriation | Tanuj Solanki |Granta
‘Weren’t Jyoti’s long run-on sentences also a way to show off, an exercise in breathlessness and nothing else?’ Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
‘There were pleasantries. There were commiserations for the state of the nation. There was solidarity. There was gossip, too, as much as a shared abhorrence of other, more successful writers can provide.’
Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
granta.com/appropriation/
Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
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‘My mother’s use of ellipses doesn’t reveal a pattern or convey a tone. She’ll “. . .” in good times and bad. Excited, pensive, disappointed or otherwise.’
Madeline Cash on the Boomer generation’s love of ellipses.
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Madeline Cash on the Boomer generation’s love of ellipses.
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Connecting the Dots | Madeline Cash | Granta
‘There’s an extensive online discourse on the Baby Boomer generation’s penchant for ellipses. “OK . . .” “Thanks . . .” “See you next week . . .”’
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November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
‘My mother’s use of ellipses doesn’t reveal a pattern or convey a tone. She’ll “. . .” in good times and bad. Excited, pensive, disappointed or otherwise.’
Madeline Cash on the Boomer generation’s love of ellipses.
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Madeline Cash on the Boomer generation’s love of ellipses.
granta.com/connecting-t...
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I used to read Granta back in my twenties. It made me really happy to read it, and I hadn’t seen it since then. So cool to find it here again.
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I used to read Granta back in my twenties. It made me really happy to read it, and I hadn’t seen it since then. So cool to find it here again.
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A Granta series on punctuation and grammar: lol's, transitive verbs, ellipses, quotation marks, line breaks, xox's... 🤗
Mark Up | Granta
For an online series, Mark Up, we invited writers to tell us their thoughts on...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A Granta series on punctuation and grammar: lol's, transitive verbs, ellipses, quotation marks, line breaks, xox's... 🤗
‘Weren’t Jyoti’s long run-on sentences also a way to show off, an exercise in breathlessness and nothing else?’
Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
granta.com/appropriation/
Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
granta.com/appropriation/
Appropriation | Tanuj Solanki |Granta
‘Weren’t Jyoti’s long run-on sentences also a way to show off, an exercise in breathlessness and nothing else?’ Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
granta.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
‘Weren’t Jyoti’s long run-on sentences also a way to show off, an exercise in breathlessness and nothing else?’
Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
granta.com/appropriation/
Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
granta.com/appropriation/
‘Her ellipsis is a modernism of its own: the pause of someone caught between analog warmth and digital brevity.’
Madeline Cash on ellipses, from Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway to her mother’s text messages.
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Madeline Cash on ellipses, from Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway to her mother’s text messages.
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Connecting the Dots | Madeline Cash | Granta
‘There’s an extensive online discourse on the Baby Boomer generation’s penchant for ellipses. “OK . . .” “Thanks . . .” “See you next week . . .”’
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November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
‘Her ellipsis is a modernism of its own: the pause of someone caught between analog warmth and digital brevity.’
Madeline Cash on ellipses, from Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway to her mother’s text messages.
granta.com/connecting-t...
Madeline Cash on ellipses, from Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway to her mother’s text messages.
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‘When I was writing Victory City (2023), one of the things I was writing against was Naipaul’s portrait of the Vijayanagara empire.’
Salman Rushdie on Indian literature.
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Salman Rushdie on Indian literature.
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Reclaiming the Territory | Salman Rushdie | Granta
‘It was awful to get sued by the prime minister of India.’ Granta interviews Salman Rushdie about his dealings with the magazine, the course of Indian fiction, and his brushes with Indian politics.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
‘When I was writing Victory City (2023), one of the things I was writing against was Naipaul’s portrait of the Vijayanagara empire.’
Salman Rushdie on Indian literature.
granta.com/reclaiming-t...
Salman Rushdie on Indian literature.
granta.com/reclaiming-t...
‘Listening to them gave me a new understanding of their works and of fiction in general. Or of fiction in India. Or of the art of fiction in 2020. Well, something like that. The word appropriation began to ring in my head.’
Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
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Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
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Appropriation | Tanuj Solanki |Granta
‘Weren’t Jyoti’s long run-on sentences also a way to show off, an exercise in breathlessness and nothing else?’ Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
‘Listening to them gave me a new understanding of their works and of fiction in general. Or of fiction in India. Or of the art of fiction in 2020. Well, something like that. The word appropriation began to ring in my head.’
Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
granta.com/appropriation/
Fiction by Tanuj Solanki.
granta.com/appropriation/
‘For these Sikhs, Punjab had become a mythical landscape.’
Karan Mahajan on Sikh diaspora and the Khalistani movement.
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Karan Mahajan on Sikh diaspora and the Khalistani movement.
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The Killing of a Canadian Sikh | Karan Mahajan | Granta
‘What appeared to be a single extrajudicial killing now looked like a program to eliminate Khalistani activists across North America.’ Karan Mahajan on the killing of a Canadian Sikh.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
‘For these Sikhs, Punjab had become a mythical landscape.’
Karan Mahajan on Sikh diaspora and the Khalistani movement.
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Karan Mahajan on Sikh diaspora and the Khalistani movement.
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