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John Freeman

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John Freeman is the founder of Freeman's, a literary annual, and an executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf

November 2023

  • Palestinian novelist Adania Shibli.

    ‘In the last four weeks language has deserted me’: Adania Shibli on being shut down

    Speaking out for the first time since the postponement of her award ceremony at the Frankfurt book fair, the Palestinian author sheds light on her work and the power of linguistics and erasure

October 2014

  • John Freeman tells of his brother's struggle in a homeless shelter after moving to the city in search of work.

    A tale of two New York Cities: I was rich, my brother was down and out

    It is the city of dreams and cinema cliches, but also of poverty, soaring rents and inequality. The divide between rich and poor has never been greater, as John Freeman discovered when his brother Tim moved into a homeless shelter a few blocks from his smart apartment

February 2013

  • Aleksandar Hemon

    Aleksandar Hemon: A personal history of Sarajevo

    Aleksandar Hemon's new memoir is an effort to restore the fragile memories of his Sarajevo, and follow the threads that link his Bosnian past to his American present. By John Freeman

July 2011

  • A woman reading a book on the Greek coast

    The best summer reads – and where to read them

    Our panel of experts picks the perfect books to read in the top 10 holiday destinations for Brits. Add your own suggestions here

July 2010

  • Mark Twain

    Books blog
    The nostalgia narrative now aches to a different tune

    John Freeman: The American literary genre of you can't go home again – that fertile ground farmed by Faulkner, Twain and Kerouac – has in the last half-century found a new voice abroad

November 2008

  • Barack Obama signs copies of his book

    Books blog
    A new deal for US publishers

    John Freeman: The Obama years should see very different books shifting at the tills

  • Winners of the 2008 National book awards

    Matthiesson's reworked novel takes National book award

    Peter Matthiesson's single-volume edition of three 90s novels wins prestigious US prize

  • Books blog
    John Leonard's critical example

    John Freeman: We have lost one of the great critics, and the space for his expansive kind of commentary is closing up behind him

October 2008

  • Horace Engdahl

    Books blog
    Don't call American literature insular

    John Freeman: All of the National Book awards finalists are engaged with world literature

June 2008

  • Books blog
    The great American pause

  • Books blog
    Hay festival: 'The Woodstock of the mind'

May 2008

  • Books blog
    Hay festival: Alan Weisman looks forward to nature

  • Books blog
    Hay festival: The rhyme and reason of poetry

  • Books blog
    Hay Festival: Cashing in on the poetry exchange

  • Books blog
    Hay festival: Is America still the home of the short story?

  • Books blog
    Hay festival: Rushdie's return to magical thinking

  • Books blog
    Hay festival: AL Kennedy's Day brings remembrance

  • Books blog
    Hay festival: The story of politics

April 2008

  • Books blog
    Skinny poetry's greater breadth

  • Books blog
    Where did the Iraqis get to in books about Iraq?

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