Freeman's: Power

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From the voices of protestors to the encroachment of a new fascism, everywhere we look power is revealed. This thought-provoking issue of the acclaimed literary annual Freemans explores who gets to say what matters in a time of social upheaval.

Margaret Atwood posits its time to update the gender of werewolf narratives. Aminatta Forna shatters the silences which supposedly ensured her safety as a woman of colour walking in public space. The narrator of Lan Samantha Changs short story assumes control of her familys finances to buy a house. Meanwhile the hero of Tahmima Anams story achieves freedom by selling bull semen. Josephine Rowe recalls a gallery attendee trying to take what was not on offer when she worked as a life-drawing model. Booker Prize winner Ben Okri watches power stripped from the residents of Grenfell Tower by ferocious neglect.

Featuring the work of new writers Nicole Im, Jaime Cortez and Nimmi Gowrinathan, as well as some of the worlds best storytellers, including Tracy K. Smith, Aleksandar Hemon and Elif Sharak, Freemans: Power escapes from the headlines of today by going to the heart of the issue.

Reviews

`If you dont know this smart quarterly journal, think Granta with more variety and spirit. * Washington Post *
`Freemans is fresh, provocative, engrossing. * BBC.com *
`A terrific anthologysure to become a classic. * San Francisco Chronicle *
`Theres an illustrious new journal in town[with] fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by new voices and literary heavyweightsalike. * Vogue.com *
`Freeman draws from a global cache of talentAn expansive reading experience. * Kirkus Reviews *
`Freemans sets a new standard for literary journalsRefreshing. * Chicago Literati *
`A motley collection of superb writing. * Kirkus Reviews *
`[The] stories and poems are astonishing in their global breadth, featuring chilling and vivid perspectives on brutal and sublime assertions of power in life around the globe[A]n awe-inspiring, diverse, and absorbing collection. * Foreword Reviews *

Author Bio

John Freeman is the former editor of Granta and the author of books including How to Read a Novelist. He is executive editor at the Literary Hub and teaches at the New School and New York University. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, New York Times and Paris Review, and has been translated into more than twenty languages.