Freeman's: The Future Of New Writing
by John Freeman /
2017 / English / EPUB
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“The oldest is 70. The youngest, 26. In between, the best list
of this kind I have ever seen.”―Marlon James
“The oldest is 70. The youngest, 26. In between, the best list
of this kind I have ever seen.”―Marlon James
In three issues, the literary anthology from leading editor John
Freeman has gained an international following and wide acclaim:
"fresh, provocative, engrossing" (BBC.com), "impressively
diverse" (
In three issues, the literary anthology from leading editor John
Freeman has gained an international following and wide acclaim:
"fresh, provocative, engrossing" (BBC.com), "impressively
diverse" (O Magazine
O Magazine), "bold, searching" (
), "bold, searching" (Minneapolis
Star-Tribune
Minneapolis
Star-Tribune).
).Freeman's: The Future of New Writing
Freeman's: The Future of New Writing
departs from the series' progression of themes. This special
fourth installment instead introduces a list―to be announced just
before publication―of more than twenty-five poets, essayists,
novelists, and short story writers from around the world who are
shaping the literary conversation right now and will continue to
impact it in years to come.
departs from the series' progression of themes. This special
fourth installment instead introduces a list―to be announced just
before publication―of more than twenty-five poets, essayists,
novelists, and short story writers from around the world who are
shaping the literary conversation right now and will continue to
impact it in years to come.
Drawing on recommendations from book editors, critics,
translators, and authors from across the globe,
Drawing on recommendations from book editors, critics,
translators, and authors from across the globe,Freeman's: The
Future of New Writing
Freeman's: The
Future of New Writing includes pieces from a select list of
writers aged 25 to 70, from nearly twenty countries, and writing
in almost as many languages. This will be a new kind of list, and
an aesthetic manifesto for our times. Against a climate of
nationalism and silo'd thinking, writers remain influenced by
work from outside their region, genre, and especially age group.
Serious readers, this special issue celebrates, have always read
this way too―and
includes pieces from a select list of
writers aged 25 to 70, from nearly twenty countries, and writing
in almost as many languages. This will be a new kind of list, and
an aesthetic manifesto for our times. Against a climate of
nationalism and silo'd thinking, writers remain influenced by
work from outside their region, genre, and especially age group.
Serious readers, this special issue celebrates, have always read
this way too―andFreeman's: The Future of New Writing
Freeman's: The Future of New Writing
brings them an exciting view of where writing is going next.
brings them an exciting view of where writing is going next.
Freeman’s
Freeman’snow has partners around the world, in the UK (Grove
Press UK), Australia (Text Publishing), Sweden (Bokförlaget
Polaris), Italy (Edizioni Black Coffee), and Romania (Black
Button), and China (Archipel Press)
now has partners around the world, in the UK (Grove
Press UK), Australia (Text Publishing), Sweden (Bokförlaget
Polaris), Italy (Edizioni Black Coffee), and Romania (Black
Button), and China (Archipel Press)
