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Co-presented by City Lights Booksellers & PublishersIn a time of contentiousness and flagrant abuse, it often feels as if our world is run on hate. Invective. Cruelty and sadism. But is it possible the greatest and most powerful force is love? In the newest issue of this acclaimed series,
FREEMAN'S Love (Grove Press) asks this question, bringing together literary heavyweights like Tommy Orange, Anne Carson, Louise Erdrich, and Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk, alongside emerging writers such as Gunnhild Øyehaug and Semezdin Mehmedinović. Richard Russo’s charming and painful “Good People” introduces us to two sets of married professors who have been together for decades, and for whom love still exists, but between the wrong pair. Haruki Murakami tells the tale of a one-night stand that feels like a dying sun. And Mehmedinović contributes a breathtaking book-length essay on the aftermath of his wife’s stroke, describing how the two reassembled their lives outside their home country of Bosnia. In a time when we need it the most, this issue promises what only love can bring: a solace of complexity and warmth. Join us to launch the newest edition of
FREEMAN'S, with editor John Freeman, Robin Coste Lewis, Tommy Orange, and Matt Summell.
FREE, $5-10 suggested donationRegistration is required for Zoom access. Spots are limited.
Event will also be livecasted on Facebook Live.
Buy this issue of Freeman's here -- https://bookshop.org/a/11096/9780802157836Browse the Litquake's bookstore here -- https://bookshop.org/shop/litquake
