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Granta 166: Generations Online
Generation Gap
‘We meet at various points in the great swathes of the past that neither of us were alive to witness.’
Allen Bratton on a daytrip to a castle with his older boyfriend.
Generation Gap
‘Listening to three white poets, whom I suspect are academics, talk about the state of poetry.’
Oluwaseun Olayiwola eavesdrops on an older generation.
Generation Gap
‘I’d been dubious about his company at first.’
Sarah Moss on watching Shakespeare with her twelve-year-old son.
Generation Gap
‘She didn’t trust us because, to her, tenants were like children.’
Kate Zambreno on negotiating with her older landlady.
Generation Gap
‘A moment now swallowed in embarrassment, I asked a question only a young person might ask an older one.’
Lynne Tillman on trying to understand what makes a generation.
Don DeLillo
Don DeLillo is the author of more than fifteen novels, as well as plays, essays and short fiction. His novels include White Noise which won the 1985 National Book Award, Mao II which won the 1992 PEN/Faulkner Award and most recently Zero K. He was awarded the 2010 PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction and the 2015 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
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