'There are no perfect crystal balls in the literary world, but the Granta list has become nearly infallible' Seattle Times

Young novelists 'preoccupied by death, loss and the uncertainty of living in America' Ian Jack and Paul Yamazaki talk with Scott Simon on NPR's Weekend Edition

'Granta as developed an impressive reputation for literary star-spotting... If these are the inheritors of American letters, then the future looks bright' the London Observer

Why the crash of the baht is a good place to start exploring the modern American novel... the Guardian profiles Olga Grushin, Gabe Hudson, Jonathan Safran Foer, Nell Freudenberger, ZZ Packer and Rattawut Lapcharoensap.

Listen to an interview with Ian Jack on the Leonard Lopate show.

'NEW YORK—In the ever-changing anteroom of the Great American Novel, young just got younger, and what it means to be an American broadened significantly' read about the 2007 list in the Dallas Morning News

'The Americans are kicking our asses. Whatever one may think about their foreign policy, fast food chains or high grossing gross-out movies, in terms of English language literary fiction the lion's share of the excitement is transatlantic' the Scotsman

'Are stories of transnational identity where the literary action is these days? (Some things seem never to change, though: More than half of the chosen writers live in New York City, and the only Southland writer is Maile Meloy, who lives in Los Angeles.)' the Los Angeles Times on the 2007 list and Granta's 'agenda-setting role'

'American letters become younger and less American' The Australian

Galleycat calls for the 'Best of Young American Writers' list.

'It's sort of like how the UK pop charts are better than American pop charts' John Wray discusses Granta in The Villager

'Best of Young American Novelists 2' is announced in the Guardian

'Granta Best Young Novelists: You Know Them' party gossip from Gawker...

...and from Galleycat

'The selection is a near-definitive overview of the most exciting writers in the US. Do you judge the writers' from what they've written or what they're going to write in the future? On the strength of this anthology, it's probably okay to do both' Dazed Digital

'Class and the American Novelist' discussed on Booksquare

'Granta Cites Young Novelists' The New York Times

'Eleven years ago, the British magazine Granta fired a shot heard round the world…' read the Village Voice on Best Young Novelists past and present.

'In these new American stories, the world speaks' the Northwest Herald

Granta's 2007 list is announced on Critical Mass, the National Book Critics Circle Blog.

'The British literary magazine Granta has scoured the former colonies for its Best of Young American Novelists 2 edition…' read what the San Francisco Chronicle said.

Gabe Hudson in the Daily Princetonian.

Christopher Coake in the Nevada News

Uzodinma Iweala in The Crimson.

'Does the new list elevate the stature of MFA programs, or reinforce a low opinion? Please discuss in gross generalities' asks The Elegant Variation

'4 with Ohio connections make magazine's list of top young authors' Cleveland Plain Dealer

'Ian Jack et al… have lowered the cut-off age for a writer's youth. It used to be 40. That was one of the great perks of being a writer. You could stay young until 40: it was official; Granta said so. How we writers enjoyed mocking gymnasts—yes, you can do bendy things and win gold medals at the Olympics, but by 17 you're already old. (OK, maybe not all writers do that.) But here I am, nearly twice the age of an old gymnast, and until a few days ago I thought I had more than 6 years of youth left. Apparently not. Only 18 months to go.' Kamila Shamsie does the math. (Guardian Unlimited)

'Best of Young American Novelists 2' in the International Herald Tribune

'Daniel Alarcón wore a t-shirt, khakis (I think), and a bright red headband... he looked kind of cute, like the pre-electric Bob Dylan' the start of Granta's Best of Young American Novelists tour discussed on the Pen American Center blog

'Second Granta list of best American novelists a younger, more diverse group' Toronto Star

'The first listing also involved touring the country for readings, largely to tiny audiences, and sitting in a cupboard with my fellow authors to sign so many copies of Granta that by the end of it all, my signature was so permanently mangled I had to notify my bank. And it meant I attended a party at the Saatchi gallery and got to see the Blood Head and Patrick Stewart. (I have no idea why he was there, but you could tell he didn't want anyone to mention Star Trek. Then again, everyone was pointedly ignoring him, because it was a highbrow crowd and no one wanted anyone else to think they might be talking to him about Star Trek. He seemed slightly depressed.)' A. L. Kennedy remembers the 1993 'Best of Young British Novelists' list. (Guardian Unlimited)

Christopher Coake in the Reno Gazette-Journal

'Literary Lion Cubs' the Contra Costa Times

'What's fun about this year's list? To most eyes, it will be that it gives us the BOYAN's own Scott 'n' Zelda, in the form of Jonathan Safran Foer and his wife Nicole Krauss. Imagine what it would have been like over the Safran Foer breakfast table had one got on, and not the other. It must have been tricky enough for them last year, when their (different) publishers decided to launch their books—JSF's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close; NK's The History of Love—at the same time.' Sam Leith on love and literature. (Telegraph.co.uk)

'Going back to Peru during the war was like summer camp' Daniel Alarcón in the Birmingham News

'I don't ever want to sit back' read an interview with Uzodinma Iweala in the Guardian

'Granta lowered the definition of 'young' from 40 to 35, and netted a group that includes two writers who live in the same New York City apartment building...' Dara Horn and Akhil Sharma in Newcity Chicago

Jess Row in The Signal

'Granta designed the cover like some detergent or toothpaste advert: very bright and colourful...the best design I've seen for ages on a Granta cover.' Appreciation from Kuala Lumpur at wings world web

Read an interview with Daniel Alarcón in the St Louis Post-Dispatch

'Granta, the British literary magazine that loves American writers' the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

'Ethnic diversity marks Granta list of top young American novelists' the Houston Chronicle

'NYC still attracts young novelists' the Lower Hudson Online