Granta

American

[gran-tuh] / ˈgræn tə /

noun

Cam.

Granta British

/ ˈɡræntə, ˈɡrɑːntə /

noun

the original name, still in use locally, for the River Cam

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“If the unconscious is structured like a language, the design of a therapist’s consulting room is also a language,” Deborah Levy writes in a recent Granta essay.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Adapted from Adrift in the South, by Xiao Hai, translated by Tony Hao, to be published by Granta on May 26, 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Matt Weiland, an editor at Granta, reached out to him and suggested turning the email into an essay for its new “Africa” issue.

From New York Times • May 29, 2023

Granta has announced its 20 most significant British novelists aged under 40.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023

In learning's race Melanion Is beaten, one can see, By the new Atalanta; At Law School or Sorbonne, As at our native Granta, The girls the prize have won.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 21 1890 by Various

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