Freeman's anthologies
Author
Series
Freeman's anthologies volume 1
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"We live today in constant motion, traveling distances rapidly, small ones daily, arriving in new states. In this inaugural edition of Freeman's, former National Book Critics Circle president John Freeman brings together the best new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about that electrifying moment when we arrive. Strange encounters abound. David Mitchell meets a ghost in Hiroshima Prefecture; Lydia Davis recounts her travels in the exotic territory...
Series
Freeman's anthologies volume 2
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The second issue of a new anthology from renowned literary critic John Freeman, Freeman's: Family features never-before-published stories, essays, and poetry by Tracy K. Smith, Valeria Luiselli, Patrick Modiano, Marlon James, and more.
Author
Series
Freeman's anthologies volume 3
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"In the summer of 1977, Allen Ginsberg decided it was time to teach a course on the literary history of the Beat Generation. This was twenty years after the publication of his landmark poem "Howl," and Jack Kerouac's seminal book On the Road. Through the creation of this course, which he ended up teaching five times, first at the Naropa Institute and later at Brooklyn College, Ginsberg saw an opportunity to make a record of the history of Beat Literature....
Series
Freeman's anthologies volume 5
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"From the voices of protestors to the encroachment of a new fascism, everywhere we look power is revealed. Spouse to spouse, soldier to citizen, looker to gazed upon, power is never static: it is either demonstrated or deployed. Its hoarding is itself a demonstration. This thought-provoking issue of the acclaimed literary annual Freeman's explores who gets to say what matters in a time of social upheaval. Many of the writers are women. Margaret Atwood...
Series
Freeman's anthologies volume 6
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From immigration rights to climate change, California has been ground zero for the most crucial questions of our time. In a bravura essay, Rabih Alameddine remembers bartending during the worst years of the AIDS crisis. William T. Vollmann visits the Carr fire and discovers that gas masks are the new normal. Natalie Diaz describes growing up in the desert and remaking her body on the basketball court. Award-winning journalist Lauren Markham revisits...
6) Love Stories
Author
Series
Freeman's anthologies volume 7
Description
New work from Tommy Orange, Anne Carson, Louise Erdrich, and others propels this tribute to love from Freeman's, "a powerful force in the literary world" (Los Angeles Times).
In a time of contentiousness and flagrant abuse, it often feels as if our world is run on hate. Invective. Cruelty and sadism. But is it possible the greatest and most powerful force is love? In the newest issue of this acclaimed series, Freeman's: Love asks this question,...
Series
Freeman's anthologies volume 10
Publisher
Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Featuring new work from Rebecca Makkai, Aleksandar Hemon, Rachel Khong, Louise Erdrich, and more, the tenth and final installment of the boundary-pushing literary journal Freeman's, which explores all the ways of coming to an end. Over the course of ten years, Freeman's has introduced the English-speaking world to countless writers of international import and acclaim, from Olga Tokarczuk to Valeria Luiselli, while also spotlighting brilliant writers...
