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17-537: The collection was also published outside the United States as Dick Contino's Blues and other stories . "Out of the Past" is the first piece in the collection, but is included as an "Introduction" by the author, rather than as a short story. A version of Dick Contino's Blues appeared in issue number 46 of Granta magazine (Winter 1994) along with several photographs of Contino and the author. This article about

34-632: A collection of mystery short stories published in the 1990s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Granta Granta is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centres on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story's supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real." In 2007, The Observer stated: "In its blend of memoirs and photojournalism, and in its championing of contemporary realist fiction, Granta has its face pressed firmly against

51-511: Is Editor at Large at Union Books. Having previously served as deputy editor, she was appointed as the first female editor of Granta magazine in May 2008, in succession to Jason Cowley . Clark assumed the post in the following September, but left in May 2009. She was succeeded by John Freeman . Clark was a member of the panel of judges for Granta ' s Best of Young British Novelists 2003. She has judged many other literary prizes, including

68-628: The Financial Times , "[ Granta ] will not publish any books that could not potentially be extracted in the magazine. We use the magazine as a yardstick for our books.... We are no longer going to look at what sells as a sort of argument, because it seemed to me that we were in danger of losing our inventiveness about what we wanted to do." Authors recently published by Granta Books include Michael Collins , Simon Gray , Anna Funder , Tim Guest , Caspar Henderson , Louise Stern and Olga Tokarczuk . When Rausing purchased Granta , she brought with her

85-491: The Booker Prize and Whitbread Prize . The recognition of Adam Thirlwell and Monica Ali on the 2003 list was controversial, as neither had yet published a novel. Thirlwell's debut novel , Politics , later met with mixed reviews. Ali's Brick Lane was widely praised. Those controversially excluded in 2003 included Giles Foden , Alex Garland , Niall Griffiths , Zoë Heller , Tobias Hill , Jon McGregor (who won

102-547: The International Dublin Literary Award less than ten years later), Patrick Neate , Maggie O'Farrell and Rebecca Smith. Dan Rhodes contacted others on the 2003 list to try to persuade them to make a joint statement in protest against the Iraq War , which was gaining momentum at the time. Not all the writers responded. Rhodes was so disappointed he considered stopping writing, but has continued. In 2023,

119-530: The future. Since then, the magazine has repeated its recognition of emerging writers in 1993 (issue #43), 2003 (issue #81) and 2013 (issue #123). In 1996 (issue #54), Granta published a similar list of promising young American novelists, which was repeated during 2007 (issue #97). In 2010 Granta issue #113 was devoted to the best young Spanish-language novelists. Many of the selections have been prescient. At least 12 of those identified have subsequently either won or been short-listed for major literary awards such as

136-530: The list for the first time included international writers who view the UK as their home. Alex Clark (journalist) Alex Clark is a British literary journalist and editor who has written for The Guardian , The Observer and The Times Literary Supplement . She also presents the programme Front Row on BBC Radio 4 and hosts the Vintage Podcast about books. Clark

153-413: The magazine had a long and distinguished history. The magazine published juvenilia of a number of writers who later became well known: Geoffrey Gorer , William Empson , Michael Frayn , Ted Hughes , A. A. Milne , Sylvia Plath , Bertram Fletcher Robinson , John Simpson , and Stevie Smith . During the 1970s the publication, faced with financial difficulties and increasing levels of student apathy,

170-406: The magazine was bought by Sigrid Rausing . In 1989, then-editor Buford founded Granta Books . Granta's stated aim for its book publishing imprint is to publish work that "stimulates, inspires, addresses difficult questions, and examines intriguing periods of history." Owner Sigrid Rausing has been vocal about her goal to maintain these standards for both the magazine and the book imprint, telling

187-539: The publication and John Freeman , the American editor, took over the magazine. As of 2023 , Granta ' s circulation is 23,000. In the 164th issue Sigrid Rausing, who had served as editor since 2013, announced she would turn over editorship to Thomas Meaney with the Autumn issue of 2023. In 1994, Rea Hederman, owner of The New York Review of Books , took a controlling stake in the magazine. In October 2005, control of

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204-605: The publishing imprint Portobello Books , founded in 2005; as of January 2019 the Portobello Books imprint was closed, with all its contracted authors therefter published under the Granta Books imprint. Granta Books are distributed by The Book Service in the UK. Granta Books are distributed by Ingram Publisher Services in the US. In 1983, Granta (issue #7) published a list of 20 young British novelists as names to watch out for in

221-592: The window, determined to witness the world." Granta has published twenty-seven laureates of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Literature published by Granta regularly win prizes such as the Forward Prize , T. S. Eliot Prize , Pushcart Prize and more. Granta was founded in 1889 by students at Cambridge University as The Granta , edited by R. C. Lehmann (who later became a major contributor to Punch ). It

238-615: Was announced that Jason Cowley , editor of the Observer Sport Monthly , would succeed Jack as editor in September 2007. Cowley redesigned and relaunched the magazine; he also launched a new website. In September 2008, he left after having been selected as editor of the New Statesman . Alex Clark , a former deputy literary editor of The Observer , succeeded him as the first female editor of Granta . In late May 2009, Clark left

255-569: Was entitled "New American Writing". Bill Buford (who wrote Among the Thugs originally as a project for the journal) was the editor for its first 16 years in the new incarnation. During this time the staff included Richard Rayner and the novelist Carole Morin . Ian Jack succeeded Buford, editing Granta from 1995 until 2007. Since 2003, Granta has been published in Spain in Spanish. In April 2007, it

272-419: Was rescued by a group of interested postgraduates , including writer and producer Jonathan Levi , journalist Bill Buford , and Peter de Bolla (now Professor of Cultural History and Aesthetics at Cambridge University ). In 1979, it was successfully relaunched as a magazine of "new writing", with both writers and audience drawn from the world beyond Cambridge. The magazine's first issue as a national publication

289-589: Was started as a periodical featuring student politics, badinage and literary efforts. The title was taken from the River Granta , the medieval name for the Cam , the river which runs through the city but is now used only for that river's upper reaches. An early editor of the magazine was R. P. Keigwin , the English cricketer and Danish scholar; in 1912–13 the editor was the poet, writer and reviewer Edward Shanks . In this form

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