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Ru Freeman

Ru Freeman
Ru Freeman is a Sri Lankan and American writer, poet, and activist whose work appears internationally in English and in translation. She is the author of Bon Courage: Essays on Inheritance, Citizenship & A Creative Life (2023), the short-story collection, Sleeping Alone (2022), and the widely translated novels A Disobedient Girl (2009) and On Sal Mal Lane (2013), a New York Times Editor's Choice Book. She is the editor of the anthology, Extraordinary Rendition: American Writers on Palestine (2015) and co-editor of Indivisible: Global Leaders on Shared Security (2018). She writes for The Guardian, the New York Times, and the Boston Globe. She is a winner of the Mariella Gable Award for Fiction, and the JH Kafka Prize for Fiction by an American Woman. She teaches creative writing in the US and abroad.


“Life Line to Gaza”: A Poem by Ru Freeman

“Does the world/ know the truth?”
October 26, 2023  By Ru Freeman
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What a Global Approach to Writing Teaches Us

Ru Freeman on Crossing Borders and Making Connections
June 21, 2022  By Ru Freeman
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Many Rights, Few Responsibilities: What Does It Mean To Be an American Citizen?

Ru Freeman: "I grew up understanding that what is given freely must still be earned."
October 1, 2020  By Ru Freeman
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We Owe More to Our Young Writers: On the Relevance of the Workshop

Ru Freeman Considers the Responsibility of the Writing Life
April 16, 2020  By Ru Freeman
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