<DIV>This bold, political issue of Granta will explore the dynamic between women and men from a wide variety of literary genres and perspectives.<BR> <BR><B>A.L. Kennedy</B> investigates the surprising ways in which the human voice can be trapped and unlocked. <B>Sara Wheeler</B> retraces the American travels of Fanny Trollope, who relocates to Ohio from England at the age of forty-eight and begins an improbable second life. <B>Julie Otsuka</B> contributes a powerful piece of fiction about mail-order brides from Japan arriving in the U.S. And with ?The Sex Lives of African Girls,' the issue will introduce an astonishing new voice, <B>Taiye Selasi</B>, who spins a haunting story about the way adult sexuality can be imposed upon the young.<BR><BR>With award-winning reportage, memoir and fiction, Granta has illuminated the most complex issues of modern life through the refractory light of literature. ?The F Word' will continue this tradition by addressing a theme many readers know has never lost its urgency.<BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV>