Author and New York University professor Zadie Smith has just released Grand Union, her first collection of short fiction.
It's a bold turn for writer of novels White Teeth, Swing Time, NW, On Beauty, The Autograph Man, and essay collections Changing My Mind and Feel Free.
Zadie speaks to Kim about why she's come around to short stories, the quality of grace, and why it can be so hard to live according to the credo you believe in.
Zadie Smith will be appearing at WORD Christchurch on 13 November details here.
Zadie Smith Photo: supplied / Dominique Nabokov
