John Freeman
John Freeman is the founder of the literary annual Freeman’s and an executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf. He is also the author and editor of eleven books, including Dictionary of the Undoing; There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love (co-edited with Tracy K Smith), and Wind, Trees, a new collection of poems. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and been translated into more than twenty languages. Once a month he hosts The California Book Club, an online discussion of a classic book of golden state literature for Alta magazine. He lives in New York City.
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Poetry | The Online Edition
Three Poems
John Freeman
‘One morning time trips a reel / and I’m confronted with / the object I will become / carpentered for eternity.’
An extract from John Freeman’sWind, Trees.
In Conversation | The Online Edition
Kamila Shamsie | Podcast
Kamila Shamsie & John Freeman
Granta Best of Young British novelist Kamila Shamsie talks to John Freeman about love, war and citizenship.
Essays & Memoir | Issue 123
Introduction: Best of Young British Novelists 4
John Freeman
‘We live in unreaderly times, but our belief is that these novelists will be exceptions to the general rule of irrelevance faced by writers today.’
In Conversation | Issue 123
Tan Twan Eng | Podcast
Tan Twan Eng & John Freeman
Tan Twan Eng speaks to Granta’s John Freeman about the art of shakkei and being shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
In Conversation | Issue 123
Mohsin Hamid | Podcast
Mohsin Hamid & John Freeman
The author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid, talks to John Freeman on The Granta Podcast.
In Conversation | Issue 123
Alison Moore | Podcast
Alison Moore & John Freeman
Alison Moore spoke to John Freeman about the experience of being shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, why her characters often find themselves enclosed in a memory and writing short.
In Conversation | Issue 123
Mo Yan | Interview
Mo Yan & John Freeman
‘My life is more current, more contemporary and the cutting throat cruelty of our contemporary times limits the romance that I once felt.’
In Conversation | Issue 123
Victor LaValle | Interview
Victor LaValle & John Freeman
‘Our battle is between those trapped inside the institutions of modern American life (our economic and political systems in particular) and those who manipulate such institutions for their own profit.’
In Conversation | Issue 3
Salman Rushdie | Interview
Salman Rushdie & John Freeman
‘I'm not quite the same person as the ‘me’ about whom the book is written.’
Fiction | Issue 3
The Best of Young Brazilian Novelists
John Freeman
From the first ever Best of Young British Novelists, which introduced Salman Rushdie and Rose...
In Conversation | Issue 3
David Guterson | Interview
David Guterson & John Freeman
‘Hubris, power, sex, ambition, frailty, pathos, descent, castigation: there but for the grace of gods go I, and as long as it isn’t me, great!’
In Conversation | Issue 3
Marcelo Ferroni | Interview
Marcelo Ferroni & John Freeman
‘There’s a vibrant new generation of writers, trying to do something very different with Brazilian literature.’
In Conversation | Issue 3
Paolo Zaninoni | Interview
Paolo Zaninoni & John Freeman
‘After almost three years of economic recession and youth unemployment estimated at around twenty per cent, it is fair to say that Italian attitudes towards work have become more serious.’
In Conversation | Issue 3
Ben Folds and Nick Hornby | Interview
Ben Folds, Nick Hornby & John Freeman
Ben Folds and Nick Hornby talk to John Freeman about literature, music and their new collaborative album.
In Conversation | Issue 3
Orhan Pamuk | Interview
Orhan Pamuk & John Freeman
‘Orhan Pamuk speaks to Granta editor John Freeman about his latest book, The Museum of Innocence.’
In Conversation | Issue 3
Daniel Alarcón | Interview
Daniel Alarcón & John Freeman
‘Granta editor John Freeman interviews Daniel Alarcón about book piracy in Peru.’
In Conversation | Issue 3
Introducing Chicago
John Freeman
John Freeman introduces Granta’s new issue, celebrating the city of Chicago, a cultural and artistic hub and home to some of the world’s greatest writers and thinkers.
In Conversation | Issue 3
John Freeman | Interview
John Freeman & Roy Robins
‘I think you know right away if a piece of writing is good. Does it move me? Does it have intensity? Is it beautiful?’
