Freeman's power : est. 2015 / edited by John Freeman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freeman, John, 1974- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Essays.

Power (Social sciences).

Fiction.

Literature, Modern.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

xiii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First American paperback edition.

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Grove Press, [2018]

Summary:

"From the voices of protestors to the encroachment of a new fascism, everywhere we look power is revealed. Spouse to spouse, soldier to citizen, looker to gazed upon, power is never static: it is either demonstrated or deployed. Its hoarding is itself a demonstration. This thought-provoking issue of the acclaimed literary annual Freeman's explores who gets to say what matters in a time of social upheaval. Many of the writers are women. Margaret Atwood posits it is time to update the gender of werewolf narratives. Aminatta Forna shatters the silences which supposedly ensured her safety as a woman of color walking in public space. Power must often be seized. The narrator of Lan Samantha Chang's short story finally wrenches control of the family's finances from her husband only to make a fatal mistake. Meanwhile the hero of Tahmima Anam's story achieves freedom by selling bull semen. Australian novelist Josephine Rowe recalls a gallery attendee trying to take what was not offered when she worked as a life-drawing model. Violence often results from power imbalances--Booker Prize winner Ben Okri watches power stripped from the residents of Grenfell Tower by ferocious neglect. But not all power must wreak damage. Barry Lopez remembers fourteen glimpses of power, from the moment he hitched a ride on a cargo plan in Korea to the glare he received from a bear traveling with her cubs in the woods, asking--do you plan me harm? Featuring work from brand new writers Nicole Im, Jaime Cortez, and Nimmi Gowrinathan, as well as from some of the world's best storytellers, including US poet laureate Tracy K. Smith, Franco-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani, and Turkish novelist Elif Shafak, Freeman's: Power escapes from the headlines of today and burrows into the heart of the issue"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Six shorts / Elif Shafak ; Leïla Slimani ; A Yi ; Aleksandar Hemon ; Eula Biss ; Etgar Keret

The nastybook wars / Jaime Cortez

The pack of wolves and the family of dogs / Tracy K. Smith

Walking / Aminatta Forna

A note on "Penelope" and "Rereading the classics" / Julia Alvarez

Captive / Nimmi Gowrinathan

The cottage / Lan Samantha Chang

On sharks and suicide / Nicole In

Update on werewolves / Margaret Atwood

Fourteen aspects of power / Barry Lopez

Glass cannon / Patrick Hilsman ; Chris Russell

O / Eka Kurniawan

Who killed my father? / Édouard Louis

Grenfell Tower, June 2017 / Ben Okri

Mother's milk / Tahmima Anam

Ways of being seen / Josephine Rowe

Bangour Village Hospital (or) Edinburgh District Asylum / Jenni Fagan

Repeats / David Mitchell

When it comes to this fleshed neck / Deborah Landau

Burn / Kanako Nishi.

Other Format:

Online version: Freeman's power

ISBN:

9780802128201

0802128203

1611854997

9781611854992

OCLC:

1029777104

Publisher Number:

99978535063