{"product_id":"freemans-california-paperback","title":"Freeman's: California - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom immigration rights to climate change, California has been ground zero for the most crucial questions of our time. In a bravura essay, Rabih Alamdeddine remembers bartending during the worst years of the AIDS crisis. William T. Vollmann visits the Carr fire and discovers that gas masks are the new normal. Natalie Diaz describes growing up in the desert and remaking her body on the basketball court. Award-winning journalist Lauren Markham revisits her family's tales of their arrival in a town built by a con man on stolen land. Karen Tei Yamashita tells of a Japanese-American man going to Hiroshima after the bomb dropped, writing letters home. Reyna Grande witnesses her mother never adapting after migrating from Mexico. Tommy Orange conjures a native man so lost and broke he's either going to rob a bank or end his life--but love might rescue him. Rachel Kushner sings a hymn to the danger and beauty of cars. And since the Beat movement, California has also given birth to an explosion of poetry. New poems by Frank Bidart, Robin Coste Lewis, D.A. Powell, and recent poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera join newcomers Mai Der Vang and Javier Zamora in this investigation and celebration of California writing. Featuring new work from H ctor Tobar and Jennifer Egan, Oscar Villalon and Anthony Marra, Geoff Dyer and Elaine Castillo, \u003ci\u003eFreeman's: California\u003c\/i\u003e will become a benchmark for California anthologies before and to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e was the editor of Granta until 2013. His books include \u003ci\u003eHow to Read a Novelist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTales of Two Cities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTales of Two Americas\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMaps\u003c\/i\u003e, his debut collection of poems. He is executive editor at the Literary Hub and teaches at the New School and New York University. His work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e and has been translated into twenty languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42689306853439,"sku":"9780802147875","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/60b51747396c99219777863766524160.webp?v=1764985135","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/freemans-california-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}