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John Freeman is a writer, anthologist, and host of Alta’s California Book Club, a once-a-month online discussion of a new classic of Golden State literature.
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Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
Poet, educator, cultural activist, and anthologist Patricia Spears Jones took the writing prize.
—News Desk, Artforum, 16 Mar. 2026
As a professor, critic and anthologist, Gable argued that fiction could be both Catholic and quality literature.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
Murakami isn’t so much a novelist as a fictional anthologist, collating various monologues delivered by his characters; some of these are riveting narratives in their own right, but many simply serve to explain what’s going on or clumsily advance the plot.
—Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
In the 1920s and 1930s Walter de la Mare was considered one of Britain’s major literary figures, a triple threat as poet, storyteller, and anthologist.
—Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books, 16 Feb. 2023
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Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
Poet, educator, cultural activist, and anthologist Patricia Spears Jones took the writing prize.
—News Desk, Artforum, 16 Mar. 2026
As a professor, critic and anthologist, Gable argued that fiction could be both Catholic and quality literature.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
Murakami isn’t so much a novelist as a fictional anthologist, collating various monologues delivered by his characters; some of these are riveting narratives in their own right, but many simply serve to explain what’s going on or clumsily advance the plot.
—Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
In the 1920s and 1930s Walter de la Mare was considered one of Britain’s major literary figures, a triple threat as poet, storyteller, and anthologist.
—Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books, 16 Feb. 2023
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“Anthologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anthologist. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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