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Granta’s “Best of Young American Novelists” Panel Night | SF

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Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Cost: FREE*
*RSVP appreciated, but not required.

The Booksmith | 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117

Event Details

Every ten years, Granta magazine publishes a special issue of new fiction from the most exciting American writers under the age of forty. The third list of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists will be announced on April 26; join them as they host a panel of the most recent Best Young American Novelists.

The last issue was published in 2007 and featured an extraordinary selection of young writers: Kevin Brockmeier, Anthony Doerr, Jonathan Safran Foer, Nicole Krauss, Yiyun Li, Karen Russell, Akhil Sharma and Gary Shteyngart among them. Similarly, the list of writers from twenty years ago showcases some of today’s most successful and talented writers: Jonathan Franzen, Edwidge Danticat, Jeffrey Eugenides, Lorrie Moore, ZZ Packer, Mona Simpson, Elizabeth McCracken, David Guterson, Madison Smartt Bell, Sherman Alexie and more.

Granta’s forthcoming Best of Young American Novelists issue will feature new work from each writer, creating a timely and authoritative commentary on the state of American writing.

The judges for this year’s selection are novelists Patrick deWitt, A.M. Homes, Kelly Link, Ben Marcus and Granta’s editor and publisher Sigrid Rausing.

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Cost: FREE*
*RSVP appreciated, but not required.
Categories: Literature
Address: 1644 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117