This week’s writers

We continue our series of introductions to the writers in our new issue, the Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists. Previous Best Young Novelists have read and responded to all the stories, and today we publish responses by Kevin Brockmeier, Maile Meloy, Daniel Alarcón, Mona Simpson and Tibor Fischer. Click on the picture of the writer to read these, as well interview answers by all of them on their influences, and what role, if any, the writer should play in public life.

Kevin Brockmeier: ‘A single breathless expression of grief, of grief and bewilderment over a life turned bitter in an instant...’
(This story is free to read online)

Maile Meloy: ‘It moves through the heat and the crush of Havana in a sex-laced, smoky haze...’ (Read this story here)

Daniel Alarcón: ‘Like a poet, she trafficks in images...’

Mona Simpson: ‘Solano has a deft fetching touch...’

Tibor Fischer: ‘Everyone is everywhere...’

Visit the issue page to see a full list of the writers, or read the introduction to the issue by Granta en Español’s editors, Valerie Miles and Aurelio Major. You can also read about the launch of the issue in Madrid last month.

Buy the issue now in English or Spanish; or subscribe to the magazine.