{"product_id":"freemans-animals-paperback","title":"Freeman's: Animals - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing new work from Mieko Kawakami, Martín Espada, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Arthur Sze, Camonghne Felix, and more, the latest installment of the acclaimed literary journal \u003ci\u003eFreeman's\u003c\/i\u003e explores the irrevocably intertwined lives of animals and the humans that exist alongside them\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver a century ago, Rilke went to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, where he watched a pair of flamingos. A flock of other birds screeched by, and, as he describes in a poem, the great red-pink birds sauntered on, unphased, then \"stretched amazed and singly march into the imaginary.\" This encounter--so strange, so typical of flamingos, with their fabulous posture--is also still typical of how we interact with animals. Even as our actions threaten their very survival, they are still symbolic, captivating and captive, caught in a drama of our framing This issue of \u003ci\u003eFreeman's\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of that interaction, its costs, its tendernesses, the mythological flex of it. From lovers in a Chiara Barzini story, falling apart as a group of wild boars roams in their Roman neighborhood, to the soppen emergency birth of a cow on a Wales farm, stunningly described by Cynan Jones, no one has the moral high ground here. Nor is this a piece of mourning. There's wonder, humor, rage, and relief, too.Featuring pigeons, calves, stray dogs, mascots, stolen cats, and bears, to the captive, tortured animals who make up our food supply, powerfully described in Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk's essay, this wide-ranging issue of \u003ci\u003eFreeman's\u003c\/i\u003e will stimulate discussion and dreams alike. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN FREEMAN \u003c\/b\u003ewas the editor of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e until 2013. His books include \u003ci\u003eDictionary of the Undoing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow to Read a Novelist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTales of Two Americas\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTales of Two Planets\u003c\/i\u003e. His poetry includes the collections \u003ci\u003eMaps\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Park\u003c\/i\u003e, and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eWind, Trees\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2021, he edited the anthologies \u003ci\u003eThere's a Revolution Outside, My Love\u003c\/i\u003e with Tracy K. Smith, and \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story\u003c\/i\u003e. An Executive Editor at Knopf, he teaches writing and literature classes at NYU.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.27 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157705855111,"sku":"9780802160126","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e1408d449e4dd955b5a5cab0826468de.webp?v=1733252991","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/freemans-animals-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}