Lynn Freed (1945–2025), a recipient of the inaugural Katherine Anne Porter Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and as well as two PEN/O. Henry Awards, was born in Durban, South Africa. Among her published works are seven novels, including Home Ground, The Servants’ Quarters, and The Last Laugh; the story collection The Curse of the Appropriate Man; and the essay collections Reading, Writing, and Leaving Home and The Romance of Elsewhere.
Photography by Mary Pitts.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- When Enough Is Enough: Age and the Creative Impulse, a narrative outloud - audio, in Fall 2017
- Narrative 10, an interview, in Spring 2017
- Doing No Harm: Some Thoughts on Reading and Writing in the Age of Umbrage, an essay, in Winter 2016
- Ma: A Memoir, a narrative outloud - video, in Winter 2015
- When Enough Is Enough: Age and the Creative Impulse, an essay, in Spring 2013
- Sunshine, a short story, in Spring 2010
- The Romance of Elsewhere, an essay, in Winter 2011
- The Servants’ Quarters, a short story, in Spring 2009
- Ma: A Memoir, a narrative outloud - audio, in Spring 2009
- Reading, Writing, and Leaving Home, a review or criticism, in Fall 2005
- This Flesh, This Ghost, a short story, in Fall 2004