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Fantastic collection of feminist writings. The magazine touches on nearly every aspect of feminism, both western and nonwestern. It's smart, accessible, and enlightening. I highly suggest it.
Louise Erdich- The Obijwe Week; Maja Hrgovic-Zlatka; Night Thoughts-Helen Simpson; A stunning photo essay by Clarisse d'Arcimoles and a piece by Jeanette Winterson that I actually liked.
Loved several of the entries in this issue, Linda Gregerson's poem in particular.
B Some good gems in here.
Another solid Granta. Might renew at this rate.
El mejor libro que leí en este año y probablemente en varios. The F word F is for fear F is for fuck F is for feminist.
An issue of the most macho literary magazine ever, with exclusively female contributors! I had to read it. The title is stupid -- a man must have come up with it -- but the content belies it. I enjoyed most of the pieces -- much less pretentious and literary than the average Granta contribution (admittedly I haven't read many lately; I let my subscription lapse a few years ago and have'nt been tempted to renew it).I really liked Rachel Cusk's reflective and honest piece on the aftermath of a bre...
Just read a great story in Granta, by Jeanette Winterson" called "all I know about Gertrude Stein." It made my day, such great writing:)
Caroline Moorehead's "A Train In Winter" is simply stunning, makes me want to go and read the whole book. The rest of the stories are a bit hit and miss.
I read most of the selections, skipped those by Linda Gregerson, Lydia Davis, Taiye Selasi, Edwidge Danticat,and Maja Hrgovic. In one way or another I found the selections I read worth reading.
I read a short story in here entitled, "The Sex Lives of African Girls." I had to perform the literature for a speech & debate competition. I won a Bronze Medal at a National Competition for this piece. It's written entirely in second person, and it's about a young Ghanaian girl who is sent to live with her abusive Uncle in Lagos, Nigeria. It's kind of difficult to read because of the flashbacks, but I like the little girl's voice. The reason why her voice is so sophisticated is because she's re...
I don't like memoir. I don't like whiney memoirs. I don't like feminist whiney memoirs. This issue is simply too filled with memoir and my other least favorite genre poetry. Did I mention that I hate poetry? Ugh! Took all I had to finish this issue. I am thankful that occasionally the memoirs and poetry were interrupted by actual stories like The Children by Julie Otsuka, The Dreadful Mucamas by Lydia Davis, The Sex Lives of African Girls by Taiye Selasi (excellent) and All I Know About Gertrude...
Excellent.
A fine anthology of memoir, fiction, photography and poetry. Writers from all over the world. Explores themes of surivival, love wearing coats of many colors, feminism, then and now, and so much else. Have subscribed to Granta for years and it's been a good investment. Especially liked AS Byatt's "No Grls Alod. Insept Mom.," Jeanette Winterson's "All I Know About Gertrude Stein," Urvashi Butalia's "Mona's Story," and Taiye Selasi's "The Sex Lives of African Girls." If anyone wants to borrow this...
Women-centric entries and authors/poets with a variety of formats and subjects. It was a fast read and the brevity and diversity of content was appealing to me.
I loved this. Most times when I read a literary journal, I end up skipping through anywhere from a quarter to a third of the journal. This time I read the whole thing.Standouts for me were: "The Dreadful Mucamas" by Lydia Davis, "The Sex Lives of African Girls" by Taiye Selasi and "Zlatka" by Maja Hrgovic. I didn't much care for Rachel Cusk's "Aftermath," but I really enjoyed everything else.
If you assume feminism is the struggle for women to achieve equality in the public spheres of work and politics, you will be surprised by this collection. Most of the stories are about the private spheres of sexuality and love. In fact the L word turns out to be as important as the F word. Quietly inspiring.
More misses than hits, but I appreciate the world's most macho literary magazine trying to take a stab at feminist literature.
Standouts:*****The Children - Julie Otsuka****A Train in Winter - Caroline Moorehead
Granta can be a bit of a mixed bag, and sometimes it's rather like those slightly disappointing lucky dip bags where you ended up with a plastic whistle and a gobstopper, but this is one of the best. Maybe it's the subject matter: we may live in a post-feminist age, but there are still questions around the choices open to people according to their gender. I'd be hard-pressed to pick a favourite, especially with such amazing writers as A.S.Byatt, clear-eyed and ironic, or Louise Erdrich, mysterio...
