Featuring thrilling new work from Lauren Groff, Ocean Vuong, Rickey Laurentiis, and more, the latest installment of the acclaimed literary journal Freeman\'s explores the hope and pain of the ever-changing present The Covid-19 pandemic forced many of us to reimagine our homes, work, relationships, and adapt to a new way of life-one with far fewer possibilities for interaction.
An Executive Editor at Knopf, he teaches writing and literature classes at NYU..
Smith, and The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story .
In 2021, he edited the anthologies There\'s a Revolution Outside , My Love with Tracy K.
His poetry includes the collections Maps , The Park , and the forthcoming Wind, Trees .
His books include Dictionary of the Undoing , How to Read a Novelist , Tales of Two Americas , and Tales of Two Planets .
About author(s): John Freeman was the editor of Granta until 2013.
With new writing from Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Zahia Rahmani, Yoko Ogawa, Yasmine El Rashidi, Lina Meruane, and Aleksandar Hemon, and featuring work from never-before-published writers like Elizabeth Ayre, Freeman\'s: Change opens a window into the many-sided ways we adapt.
And in "Final Days," Sayaka Murata imagines a future without aging, where people must choose how and when they want to die, consulting guidebooks like Let\'s Die Naturally! Super Deaths for Adults & The Best Spots .
In Kamel Daoud\'s heartbreaking tale, a widow\'s attempt to retreat into the unchanging past edits her son right from her reality.
In Lina Mounzer\'s "The Gamble," a father\'s incessant hope for a better life festers and sinks the whole family after they leave Lebanon during the Civil War.
Sometimes, it\'s the absence of Change that drives us to the edge.
Alejandro Zambra remembers the homes of his past, his dog and cat in New York, his old collection of Chilean literature, homes and possessions he lets go of when he makes a new family in Mexico.
Some pieces explore the small moments that serve as new routines in a life lived at home, as in Joshua Bennett\'s essay, where a Coltrane playlist sets the stage for early morning dances with his newborn son as they watch the sun come up.
This vast range of experiences is captured by our greatest storytellers, essayists, and poets, in the new issue of Freeman\'s: Change .
How to love, to care for aging parents, to find a home, attend to a planet in flux, fight for justice.
And yet, in this period of intense isolation, we\'ve faced dilemmas which are nearly universal.
Featuring thrilling new work from Lauren Groff, Ocean Vuong, Rickey Laurentiis, and more, the latest installment of the acclaimed literary journal Freeman\'s explores the hope and pain of the ever-changing present The Covid-19 pandemic forced many of us to reimagine our homes, work, relationships, and adapt to a new way of life-one with far fewer possibilities for interaction
