Granta 172: Badlands Memoir_Gift_Guide makes the case that the

makes the case that the hard work of becoming a better person should be a critical feature of Black politics

Martha and Ellen find their lives

South Dubai plus day trips to Hatta and Abu Dhabi

and pastoral care

the end of the world

Granta 172: Badlands Memoir_Gift_Guide makes the case that theBadlands are places that are hard to pass, whether on land or in the mind. The summer issue of Granta features non fiction by William T. Vollmann, who reports from drone infested Ukraine, and Annie Ernaux on the older sister she never knew. With new fiction by Diane Williams, Leopold O'Shea, Natasha Stagg, Brittany Newell, and Stephanie Wambugu, and poetry by Sharon Olds, Paul Muldoon, Nasim Luczaj and Frederick Seidel. Photography by Joel Meyerowitz,