Freeman's: Family: The Best New Writing on Family

The second edition of this already celebrated literary anthology series matches its ambitious intent to an intimate theme. The assembled contributors--an impressively diverse group including Marlon James, Sandra Cisneros, and Tracy K. Smith--offer fascinating takes on the ties that bind. --O Magazine

Strikingly international. --Boston Globe

Freeman draws from a global cache of talent . . . This collection takes on the family from within and without, in ways one might expect and others totally unanticipated, for an expansive reading experience. --Kirkus Reviews

This is a great tasting plate of the best writers working in the business today. --The Week, 28 books to read in 2016

A themed literary anthology with a compellingly global purview . . . The early pages--taut and vulnerable--set the tone. What follows is less an anthology than a conversation, the sense of intimacy that sharing family stories invites in real life, captured on the page. --Australian

Praise for Freeman's: Arrival

There's an illustrious new literary journal in town . . . [with] fiction, nonfiction, and poetry by new voices and literary heavyweights--Haruki Murakami, Lydia Davis, Louise Erdrich--alike. --Vogue.com

A terrific anthology . . . Haruki Murakami, David Mitchell and a host of other lively writers let loose their imaginations in editor John Freeman's first outing with a new literary journal that is sure to become a classic in years to come. --San Francisco Chronicle

Looking at what John [Freeman] has put together in this first edition, I'm struck by how many names I don't know and how diverse and global it is. My only disappointment is that it's going to be twice a year--I think we need it 4 times a year. --James Wood, Radio Boston

Illuminating . . . Perfect reading for our ever-accelerating times. --NPR's Book Concierge

[Freeman] wants writers to be seen . . . The roster of writers included in the first issue is impressive . . . and the stories they tell in Freeman's feel like hands reaching out from the ether to save the reader from everyday life, they connect . . . Freeman's is very much like New York, a melting pot where folks can be themselves . . . The world has certainly arrived in the pages of Freeman's. --New York Observer

Freeman's is fresh, provocative, engrossing. --BBC.com

A first-rate anthology of bold, searching and personal writing by emerging and established writers on the theme of arrival . . . If this first installment is anything to go by, it has all the hallmarks of a promising new project . . . Prepare to be transported. --Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Freeman's sets a new standard for literary journals. It's a welcome addition to the ever-growing roster of publications out there today. It's refreshing and full of nuanced stories that will linger with you long after you finish them. I can't wait to see how this publication takes off. --Chicago Literati, 4/5 stars

[An] infinitely relatable and beautifully crafted prose and poetry anthology . . . Freeman has assembled a thoughtful and profoundly accessible collection of work that connects our vulnerabilities, our expectations and our hopes. --Newcity Lit

Arrival is not a gimmick; it's a heartbeat. Listening for its pulse from one page to the next encourages dual enjoyment, first with each individual piece, and then the pieces in conversation . . . From Bangladesh to the West Bank, Bosnia to Jamaica, Sudan to Iceland, the focus is refreshingly global. --Australian

[Freeman's] latest project . . . might be his most remarkable achievement to date . . . [A] thrillingly unique collection of voices. --Toronto Star