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Freeman's: Family is the second literary anthology in the series reviewers are calling βbold" (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) and βrefreshing" (Chicago Literati). Following a debut issue on the theme of βArrival," Freeman circles a new topic whose definition is constantly challenged by the best of our writers: family.
The issue opens with Aminatta Forna musing on the legacy of slavery as she settles her family in Washington, DC, where she is constantly accused of cutting in line whenever she stands next to her white husband. Award-winning novelist Claire Vaye Watkins delivers a stunning portrait of a woman in the throes of postpartum depression. Booker finalists Sunjeev Sahota and Marlon James remember the way work stretched the limits of their childhood networks. Alex Gilvarry recalls his father's post-retirement flirtation with a biker gang. Even in the darkest moments, humor abounds. In Claire Messud's home there are two four-legged tyrants;...
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