{"product_id":"freemans-conclusions-paperback","title":"Freeman's: Conclusions - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing new work from Rebecca Makkai, Aleksandar Hemon, Rachel Khong, Louise Erdrich, and more, the tenth and final installment of the boundary-pushing literary journal \u003ci\u003eFreeman's\u003c\/i\u003e, which explores all the ways of coming to an end\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of ten years, \u003ci\u003eFreeman's\u003c\/i\u003e 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 working in English, from Tommy Orange to Tess Gunty. Now, in its last issue, this unique literary project ponders all the ways of reaching a fitting conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Sayaka Murata, keeping up with the comings and goings of fashion and its changing emotional landscapes can mean being left behind, while in her poem \"Amenorrhea,\" Julia Alvarez experiences the end of a line as menstruation ceases. Yet sometimes an end is merely a beginning, as Barry Lopez meditates while walking through the snowy Oregonian landscapes. While Chinelo Okparanta's story \"Fatu\" confronts the end of a relationship under the specter of new life, other writers look towards aging as an opportunity for rebirth, such as Honor馥 Fanonne Jeffers, who takes on the role of being her own elder, comforting herself in the ways that her grandmother used to. Finally, in his comic story \"Everyone at Dinner Has a Max von Sydow Story,\" Dave Eggers suggests that sometimes stories don't have neat or clean endings--that sometimes the middle is enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith new writing from Sandra Cisneros, Colum McCann, Omar El Akkad, and Mieko Kawakami, \u003ci\u003eFreeman's: Conclusions\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to the startling power of literature to conclude in a state of beauty, fear, and promise. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOHN FREEMAN\u003c\/b\u003e was 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 \u003ci\u003eWind, Trees\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2021, he edited the anthologies \u003ci\u003eThere's a Revolution Outside, My Love \u003c\/i\u003ewith Tracy K. Smith, and \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story\u003c\/i\u003e. An executive editor at Knopf, he also hosts the California Book Club, a monthly online discussion of a new classic in Golden State literature for \u003ci\u003eAlta\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. His work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eParis Review \u003c\/i\u003eand has been translated into twenty-two languages.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41967095939207,"sku":"9780802161475","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d9c53e6c6c766eae7a8f7aabeda4dad9.webp?v=1734072821","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/freemans-conclusions-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}