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‘The Institute was meeting at Yale, at a corner bar with a pool table and subpar beer. It was only a society at this point, attempting to build itself out.’ Fiction by Maia Siegel. granta.com/the-institute/

‘I remembered Selma as a girl who, when she turned up for vacation at my grandparents’ one day, had stepped down from the train with an enormous bunch of wildflowers.’ Fiction by Anne Serre, translated by Mark Hutchinson. granta.com/ending-it-in-t…

My essay from 'Granta' last year, 'Literature without Literature', will be in the next 'Best American Essays' volume, edited by Jia Tolentino and out in October. Very honoured! [Cue the Bowie song] harpercollins.com/pages/bestamer…

‘Bobby McDoone was somebody I’d always known, and like most old buddies he was part ally, part rival – but with a difference.’ Fiction by Dan Hofstadter. granta.com/mcdoone/

‘How can we be equals, I think. How can I be older, earn his respect, but also have him not loathe me.’ Fiction by Denise Rose Hansen on childcare. granta.com/groan/

‘Besides texting each other around a thousand times in 2011, 2012, and 2013, we also emailed each other that many times during those three years.’ Tao Lin on his correspondence with Giancarlo DiTrapano. granta.com/gian/

‘The thing about McDoone was, first, that we really were good friends, there was mutual respect, and second, that he remembered things that didn’t happen but might have or even should have happened.’ Dan Hofstadter on friendship. granta.com/mcdoone/

‘He cued everything, it seemed, saturating every hour with his symbolism, transforming my life into an allegory for something more important than my life.’ Short fiction by Catherine Lacey. granta.com/the-ghost-coat/

‘Patrick I’m a sap for pretty shit / Brecht and Artaud make beauty / suspect as it should be / that’s their real point of contact’ Poetry by Kay Gabriel granta.com/perverts/

‘From the moment Miss Siti Mustika began to sing, all the other candidates were stunned and greatly embarrassed.’ Fiction by Faisal Tehrani, translated by Muhammad Haji Salleh. granta.com/miss-siti-must…

‘You asked me questions like, ‘Where can I charge my iPhone in Soho?’ and ‘I have some oxies. Wanna buy?’ and ‘Know of ‘any parties tonight?’ Tao Lin on texting Giancarlo DiTrapano. granta.com/gian/

‘Leo’s being here means many things to me, and one of them is that I want to fuck during the day. This is not a system I can impose.’ A short story by Denise Rose Hansen. granta.com/groan/

The latest episode of the Granta Podcast is available now, with Susie Boyt on the function of ghosts, Henry James, and how to be mourned. Here she reads from her short story, ‘All Being Well’, which appeared in Granta 171: Dead Friends. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

‘Any decent ghost worth its salt makes you feel like the intruder.’ Susie Boyt on Henry James, how to mourn, and the humour of tragedy on the latest episode of the Granta Podcast. Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcast. granta.com/podcast-susie-…

‘I wonder if this is all it’s cracked up to be, teaching the young and famous in a deluxe trailer out in the Namib desert.’ Fiction by Quan Barry. granta.com/tea-in-the-sah…

How does young love in Berlin look to Leif Randt? Join us at Spike Berlin this Saturday as he reads from “Allegro Pastell,” newly translated by Granta / Granta Books. Q&A with novelist John Holten to follow; please RSVP till 6 June. Janique Vigier spikeartmagazine.com/events/berlin-…

‘Something slightly odd united us at times: a form of cruelty.’ Fiction by Anne Serre, translated by Mark Hutchinson. granta.com/ending-it-in-t…