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John Freeman

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A Narrative to Relate To

  • Olivia Wetzel
  • March 7, 2016
At Guernica, Elizabeth Karp-Evans interviews John Freeman, the founder of the literary journal Freeman’s, on freelancing, his goals for Freeman’s, and cultivating narratives: Narratives are individual; after that they become myths…
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The Big Idea: John Freeman

  • Suzanne Koven
  • February 22, 2016
John Freeman, Executive Editor at Lit Hub, talks with Suzanne Koven about his new print-only literary magazine Freeman's, the difference between between criticism and editing, and his fear of flying.
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All This Craziness

  • Kyle Williams
  • November 30, 2015
It doesn’t seem right to write a novel set in the contemporary that isn’t shot through with all this craziness. For Electric Literature, John Freeman profiles Ben Lerner, MacArthur genius and…
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Lydia Davis Not a Love Junkie

  • Jake Slovis
  • November 4, 2015
Over at Electric Literature, John Freeman shares his experiences working as an editor with Lydia Davis and investigates what makes Davis “such a tremendous writer on love”: Her stories tighten and…
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The Editor as an Explorer

  • Guia Cortassa
  • September 29, 2015
Over at Electric Literature, John Freeman reveals what’s behind being an editor and the magic in finding fresh, compelling writing voices.
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This Week in Short Fiction

  • Claire Burgess
  • September 25, 2015
Imagine a world in the late 21st century: countries are underwater from the rising oceans, Europeans have become refugees, and a mathematical formula has been discovered that explains the entire…
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Those Who Dwell Under New York

  • Charley Locke
  • September 11, 2015
A consequence of darkness is mystery. The farther underground I went, the more mysterious the people became. More over at Lit Hub from Colum McCann about getting to know the thousands…
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The Transcendent Topography of Tomas Transtromer

  • Jeannie Yoon
  • June 10, 2015
[I]t’s clear this island has given him the notes to create such a magical, and enduringly beautiful score of poetry. And so questions about poetry, about its meaning, always wend…
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John Freeman Talks With Roxane Gay

  • Ian MacAllen
  • August 22, 2014
John Freeman knows authors. Last year he published How To Read a Novelist, a collection of 55 author interviews. In this month’s issue of BOMB, Freeman interviewed Rumpus Essays Editor Emeritus Roxane Gay calling…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup

  • Seth Fischer
  • January 10, 2010
The books blogs always like to talk about the future, but this week was like some sort of official book blog crystal ball week, what with this new decade they…
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