Granta 166 XMAS NR celebrated photographer and jazz historian

celebrated photographer and jazz historian Val Wilmer tells the story of how a generation of revolutionary musicians established black music as the true vanguard of American culture

iconic trailblazer and legendary journalist Connie Chung pulls no punches in detailing her storied career as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white

it's a call to break free from shame and step into your full potential

a classmate of hers she is rather close with

Beginning with losing her cool in a restaurant that will only provide plastic cutlery

Granta 166 XMAS NR celebrated photographer and jazz historianBaby boomers, gen X, millennials, zoomers: the dividing lines among generations in literary culture have become stark to the point of parody. Granta 166 tests the limits of each generation's given definition in popular culture against the reality of its most sharply observed fiction. Stories by Andrew O'Hagan, Brandon Taylor, Nico Walker and Lillian Fishman fill an issue that captures the change in values, aesthetic emphasis and technological