Author of Freshwater, Akwaeke Emezi, has been featured in Granta’s latest issue titled, Granta 158: In the family, edited by Sigrid Rausibg.

Granta 158: In the Family features Fatima Bhutto on grief and loss; Chris Dennis on his teenage relationship with an older man; Charif Majdalani (trans. Ruth Diver) on the fragmenting situation in Beirut and Will Rees on a journey through the NHS in search of a diagnosis.

The issue includes fiction by Nathan Harris, Julie Hecht, Sheila Heti, Moses McKenzie, Debbie Urbanski, and Kate Zambreno, as well as poetry by Akwaeke Emezi, Claire Schwartz, and Dawn Watson.

A poem by Rachel Long introduces a photo essay by Lewis Khan, and Damian Le Bas introduces a photo essay made by the Herak family.

Akwaeke Emezi is best known for her books, Dear Senthuran: A Black Memoir, The Death of Vivek Oji, Pet, and Freshwater. They have received the PEN/Hemingway Award, Nommo Award, Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and several other recognitions for their works.