John Freeman

John Freeman is the editor of Freeman's, a literary annual of new writing, and executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf. His books include How to Read a Novelist and Dictionary of the Undoing, as well as Tales of Two Americas, an anthology about income inequality in America, and Tales of Two Planets, an anthology of new writing about inequality and the climate crisis globally. He is also the author of two poetry collections, Maps and The Park. His work is translated into more than twenty languages, and has appeared in The New YorkerThe Paris Review, and The New York Times. The former editor of Granta, he teaches writing at New York University.

Series with John Freeman

Author Contributions

Sacramento Noir

Sacramento Noir

John Freeman
The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story There's a Revolution Outside, My Love

There's a Revolution Outside, My Love

Edited by Tracy K. Smith and John Freeman
Independent People

Independent People

Halldor Laxness; Introduction by John Freeman
Tales of Two Planets

Tales of Two Planets

Edited by John Freeman
Tales of Two Americas

Tales of Two Americas

Edited by John Freeman
Tales of Two Cities

Tales of Two Cities

Edited by John Freeman