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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Norwegian Literature (Almost)

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Norwegian Literature (Almost)

A Brief History of the "Guest of Honor" at This Year's Frankfurt Bookfair

By John Freeman | October 15, 2019

Nobel Prize-Winner Olga Tokarczuk in Conversation with John Freeman

Nobel Prize-Winner Olga Tokarczuk in Conversation with John Freeman

The Newly Minted Laureate and Author of Flights

By John Freeman | October 10, 2019

On the Rare Decency of <br>Susan Kamil

On the Rare Decency of
Susan Kamil

John Freeman Remembers One of Publishing's Great Editors

By John Freeman | September 16, 2019

Leila Slimani Doesn't Care If <br>You're Uncomfortable

Leila Slimani Doesn't Care If
You're Uncomfortable

The Author of The Perfect Nanny Sits Down with John Freeman

By John Freeman | April 29, 2019

On the Poetic Legacy of W.S. Merwin

On the Poetic Legacy of W.S. Merwin

John Freeman on The Collected Poems

By John Freeman | March 19, 2019

Whose Streets? A Conversation About Walking

Whose Streets? A Conversation About Walking

Aminatta Forna Talks To Taiye Selasi

By John Freeman | December 20, 2018

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Philip Roth on Mortality: "It's a Bad Contract, and We All Have to Sign It"

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Tom Wolfe on the Writer's Hippocratic Oath: "First, Entertain."

John Freeman's 2004 Interview with the Legendary Writer

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My Last Conversation with Ursula K. Le Guin

My Last Conversation with Ursula K. Le Guin

John Freeman on a Cherished Visit to the Beloved Writer's Home

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The Worst of Times: Our Year in Irreality

The Worst of Times: Our Year in Irreality

John Freeman on the Presidency of Donald Trump

By John Freeman | January 19, 2018

20 Books That Deserved More Attention in 2017

20 Books That Deserved More Attention in 2017

Freeman's Contributors on their Favorite Undersung Titles

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In Praise of Sayaka Murata

In Praise of Sayaka Murata

John Freeman on a Young Japanese Writer We Should All Be Reading

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Kazuo Ishiguro on Song Lyrics, Scones, and the Life He Could Have Had

Kazuo Ishiguro on Song Lyrics, Scones, and the Life He Could Have Had

The New Nobel Prize Winner in Conversation with John Freeman

By John Freeman | October 5, 2017

Two New Poems by John Freeman

Two New Poems by John Freeman

From the Collection Maps

By John Freeman | September 25, 2017

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