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The current issue of literary quarterly Granta features not just some fine writing but some beautiful illustration too, as does another Granta publication, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings

The Medicine issue of Granta uses illustration only rather than the magazine’s usual mix of illustration and photography. This work by Matthew Green introduces My Heart by Bosnian writer Semezdin Mehmedinovic

Granta’s artistic director Michael Salu illustrates The Perfect Code by Terrence Holt

Suzanne Rivecca’s Philanthropy is accompanied by this image from Sam Green

And Robert Hunter illustrates The Third Dumpster by Gish Jen

Daniela Silva was assistant designer on the issue.

Also from Granta, and similalry visually rich, is The Book of Barely Imagined Beings by Casper Henderson, a survey of some of the more exotic, weird and wonderful creatures of the world.

Taking its cues from medieval beastiaries, the book is richly illustrated by the Iranian artist Golbanou Moghaddas. Each chapter is introduced by an intricate and witty summation of its content

Moghaddas’s decorative type also features on the endpapers of this beautiful book designed by Michael Salu

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