{"product_id":"california-rewritten-a-journey-through-the-golden-states-new-literature-hardcover","title":"California Rewritten: A Journey Through the Golden State's New Literature - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDive into the revelatory worlds of California's most exciting writers, and discover how their books uncover our history and can help us imagine our shared future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In Freeman's hands, California is a literary mecca, and each essay a revelation.\" --\u003cb\u003eIngrid Rojas Contreras\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Could Move Clouds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePercival Everett, Rebecca Solnit, Tommy Orange, Michael Connelly, Julie Otsuka: As John Freeman writes in \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Rewritten\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Literature of so many kinds and so many genres from so many different types of people--at the highest level--has been coming out of California and from Californians for decades now.\" Freeman, one of the sharpest editors working today, has followed the evolution of California's literary life since his teenage years in Sacramento. In over fifty essays inspired by his hosting of \u003ci\u003eAlta Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's popular California Book Club, he offers an essential road map to California literature now. He shows us how the state's most exciting writers can unlock our understanding of the past, and how they can deepen our imaginations as we confront the most pressing issues that face our society: labor and inequality, migration and citizenship, technology and its limits, changing landscapes and climate catastrophe. Incisive and compulsively readable, \u003ci\u003eCalifornia Rewritten\u003c\/i\u003e will be a source of empowering discovery for any book lover who cares about the Golden State.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e has hosted \u003ci\u003eAlta\u003c\/i\u003e's California Book Club since its founding in 2020. He is an executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf, and he edited \u003ci\u003eFreeman's\u003c\/i\u003e (2015-2023), a literary annual of new writing. His books include \u003ci\u003eHow to Read a Novelist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDictionary of the Undoing\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the anthologies \u003ci\u003eTales of Two Americas, Tales of Two Planets\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSacramento Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of three poetry collections, \u003ci\u003eMaps, The Park\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWind, Trees\u003c\/i\u003e. His work is translated into more than twenty languages, and has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. The former editor of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, he lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 14, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53337019187565,"sku":"9781597146920","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/LChn94SD0j9781597146920.webp?v=1778922871","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/california-rewritten-a-journey-through-the-golden-states-new-literature-hardcover","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}