Books by John Freeman
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review 1: This fun and informative collection of author interviews hit my sweet spot. John Freeman introduces each author interview with an insightful summary of the author's work to date, and the essays are as diverse as the people being interviewed. The essays are short, but this is not ...
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review 1: Another great collection. I particularly enjoyed Sarah Hall, Naomi Alderman, Ross Raisin and I was very pleased to be introduced to Evie Wyld and Helen Oyememi. The photos of the authors by Nadav Kander are very compelling too. Between the authors listed and the ads from the p...
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review 1: As I expected, this book shed some unflattering light on my online behavior. Yes, I click "refresh" on my Facebook and Goodreads.com pages more than is practical. Yes, I check my email many, many times a day. But now I understand more about why I do so (when there's a payoff, ...
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review 1: I wish I read this 10 years ago (if it was published then). My generation relies to heavily on the digital world. Before you know if we won't know how to react face to face. I've been around situations where this happens already. If you don't have something social to talk about, ...
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review 1: was inspired to read Granta 124: Travel (2013) becuse of the general theme of travel and the fact that it contained pieces by three of my favorite contemporary writers: Rattawut Lapcharoen, Dave Eggers, and Haruki Murakami. That being said I was disappointed by all of them save M...
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review 1: I enjoyed reading this after hearing the author interviewed on public radio. Not being familiar with most of the novelists interviewed by Freeman made it a mixed bag, like "oh, I really should read Roth" or "maybe I should give John Irving another chance" . . . The book made me ...