Freeman's. Love / edited by John Freeman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freeman, John, 1974- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Love--Literary collections.

Love.

Literature, Modern--21st century.

Literature, Modern.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Literature.

Physical Description:

xii, 237 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

First Grove Atlantic edition.

Other Title:

Love

Place of Publication:

New York : Grove Press, 2020.

Summary:

"In a time of contentiousness and flagrant abuse, it often feels as if our world is run on hate. Invective. Cruelty and sadism. But is it possible the greatest and most powerful force is love? In the newest issue of this acclaimed series, Freeman's: Love asks this question, bringing together literary heavyweights like Tommy Orange, Anne Carson, Louise Erdrich, and Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk, alongside emerging writers such as Gunnhild Øyehaug and Semezdin Mehmedinović. Mehmedinović contributes a breathtaking book-length essay on the aftermath of his wife's stroke, describing how the two reassembled their lives outside their home country of Bosnia. Richard Russo's charming and painful "Good People" introduces us to two sets of married professors who have been together for decades, and for whom love still exists, but between the wrong pair. Haruki Murakami tells the tale of a one-night stand that feels like a dying sun. Together, the pieces comprise a stunning exploration of the complexities of love, tracing it from its earliest stirrings, to the forbidden places where it emerges against reason, to loss so deep it changes the color of perception. In a time when we need it the most, this issue promises what only love can bring: a solace of complexity and warmth"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Seven Shorts

Maaza Mengiste

Daniel Mendelsohn

Anne Carson

Mariana Enriquez

An Yu

Tommy Orange

Matt Sumell

"Heaven with a Capital H" / Mieko Kawakami

Postcard from New Mexico / Deborah Levy

Snowflake / Semezdin Mehmedinovic

Stone Love / Louise Erdrich

The Snowman / Daisy Johnson

Poet's Biography / Valzhyna Mort

Apples / Ounnhild Øyehaug

Exploding Cigar of Love / Sandra Cisneros

On a Stone Pillow / Haruki Murakami

How to Manage / Niels Fredrik Dahl

Good People / Richard Russo

High Fidelity / Robin Coste Lewis

Seams / Olga Tokarczuk

swan / Andrew McMillan.

Notes:

"Est. 2015."

Published in collaboration with the MFA in Creative Writing at The New School.

ISBN:

9780802157836

0802157831

9781611854527

1611854520

OCLC:

1195819966

Publisher Number:

99985884645