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Granta 150: There Must Be Ways to Organise the World with Language

Featuring fiction by Carmen Maria Machado and non-fiction by Oliver Bullough, Granta 150 is a celebration of the power of language.`There must be ways to organise the world with language.`From `Binyavanga` by Pwaangulongii DauodThe English language is like London, a cluster of myriad villages, each with its own atmosphere and particular cadences. This issue – our 150th – celebrates language, showcasing some of the most inventive writers of fiction today.Sidik Fofana `The Young Entrepreneurs of Miss Bristol`s Front Porch`Amy Leach `How to Count Like a Pro`Mazen Maarouf `The Story of Anya`Carmen Maria Machado `The Lost Performance of the High Priestess of the Temple of Horror`Tommi Parrish `An Instrument of Pure Motion`Che Yeun `Yena`Photographer Michael Collins chronicles his mother`s life following a series of strokes, Oliver Bullough investigates the invention of shell companies in the British Virgin Islands, Andrew O`Hagan visits Carolyn, Neal Cassady`s widow.Plus: Pwaangulongii Dauod`s eulogy for the late Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina.Poetry: Jack Underwood and Jay G. YingPhotography: Noriko Hayashi, and Ian Willms introduced by Adam Foulds

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