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Truth, Power, Art: A Critical Manifesto on Creative Nonfiction

Truth, Power, Art: A Critical Manifesto on Creative Nonfiction

Lauren Markham and Chris Feliciano Arnold on the Urgency Writing Truth to Power

By Lauren Markham and Chris Feliciano Arnold | March 13, 2025

Lauren Markham on the Use and Limitations of Language to Describe Disaster

Lauren Markham on the Use and Limitations of Language to Describe Disaster

Sarah Viren Talks to the Author of “Immemorial”

By Sarah Viren | February 7, 2025

Josephine Baker! Lidia Yuknavitch! Geraldine Brooks! Ali Smith! 26 new books out today.

Josephine Baker! Lidia Yuknavitch! Geraldine Brooks! Ali Smith! 26 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 4, 2025

Lost and Found: Why I Almost Quit Journalism (and What Brought Me Back)

Lost and Found: Why I Almost Quit Journalism (and What Brought Me Back)

Lauren Markham: “Becoming lost within my profession helped me find my way back again.”

By Lauren Markham | July 26, 2024

Imaginary Homelands: Lauren Markham Returns to Ancestral Landscapes for the Very First Time

Imaginary Homelands: Lauren Markham Returns to Ancestral Landscapes for the Very First Time

“My ancestors had left Greece; now, a hundred years later, millions were desperate to get here.”

By Lauren Markham | February 13, 2024

A novel from Kelly Link! Billie Holiday! 23 new books out today.

A novel from Kelly Link! Billie Holiday! 23 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 13, 2024

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What Passes for Hope: 19 Writers on Finding Meaning in the Face of the Climate Crisis

By Literary Hub | April 22, 2022

Land of Smoke and Fire: Documenting California’s Endless Season of Heat

By Jeff Frost and Lauren Markham | July 21, 2021

That You Loved?"> What Did You Read This Year<br

What Did You Read This Year<br

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That You Loved?">What Did You Read This Year
That You Loved?

Freeman's Contributors Weigh In on Their Favorite Books of 2020">Freeman's Contributors Weigh In on Their Favorite Books of 2020

By Literary Hub | December 18, 2020

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Lauren Markham on the Daily Magic of the US Postal System

By Lauren Markham | September 4, 2020

The Last Train Trip Before Everything Changed

The Last Train Trip Before Everything Changed

Lauren Markham on Solitude, Snow, and Finding Reasons to Write

By Lauren Markham | April 6, 2020

Some of Our Favorite Writers on the Best Books They Read in 2019

Some of Our Favorite Writers on the Best Books They Read in 2019

Freeman's Contributors Share Highlights From Their Year in Reading">Lydia Davis, Barry Lopez, Tommy Orange, Valeria Luiselli and Other
Freeman's Contributors Share Highlights From Their Year in Reading

By Freeman's | December 20, 2019

The American Myths of Westward Expansion That Just Won't Die

The American Myths of Westward Expansion That Just Won't Die

Lauren Markham on Two Very Different Stories of Manifest Destiny

By Lauren Markham | June 10, 2019

Life in a Prison Turned Hostel

Life in a Prison Turned Hostel

Memories of Terror and Oppression in Ljubljana

By Lauren Markham | August 3, 2015