Freya Project Readers

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“The Freya Project brings together writers of vastly different interests, projects, and aesthetics, and forges connections between them —and, most importantly, all who gather to share in their voices.”

— NAIMA COSTER, FREYA PROJECT READER & 2020 JUNO GRANT AWARDEE

Raluca Albu

Kathleen Alcott

Bani Amor

Erika Anderson

Jess Arndt

Jennifer Baker

Bethany Ball

Nita Baum

Kate Bernstein

Marie Helene Bertino

Sandra Beasley

Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo

Chelsea Bieker

Rachel Bloom

Nana Brew-Hammond

Jennilie Brewster

Sarah Bridgins

Thea Brown

Julie Buntin

Monica Burton

Asha Carter

Jessie Chaffee

Joi Chaney

Jade Chang

Soraya Chemaly

Alexis Cheung

Iris Cohen

Erica Chidi Cohen

Naima Coster

Kavita Das

Teri Cross Davis

Diana Delgado

Paula Delgado Kling

Leah Dieterich

Jenna DiGuardi

Celeste Doaks

Camille Drummond

Lauren Duca

Tafisha Edwards

Tracy Faud

Melissa Febos

Michelle Filgate

Julia Fine

Rachna Fruchbom

Aja Gabel

Sarah Gerard

Elizabeth Gold

Melanie Greenberg

Jolenta Greenberg

Jessica Gross

Emily Halpern

Jimin Han

Jessica Ciencin Henriquez

Jerrika Hinton

Hermione Hoby

Abeer Hoque

Genevieve Hudson

Chanice Hughes-Greenberg

Swan Huntley

Ko Im

Naomi Jackson

Leslie Jamison

Zoe Jarman

Stephanie Jimenez

Leah Johnson

Kate Johnston

Siel Ju

Aditi Juneja

Anya Kamenetz

Adalena Kavanagh

Swati Khurana

Paula Delgado Kling

Lisa Ko

Emma Komlos-Hrobsky

Akil Kumarasamy

Nora Lansen

Lenora Lapidus

Danielle Lazarin

Angela Ledgerwood

Cree LeFavour

Ariel Lewiton

Melissa Lo

Louisa Luna

Rachel Lyons

T Kira Madden

Halimah Marcus

Maya Marshall

Kyla Marshell

Marisa Matarazzo

Kyle McCarthy

Crystal McCreary

Kelly McCreary

Syreeta McFadden

Jess McIntosh

Natalie Morales

Kyoko Mori

Nami Mun

Aparna Nancherla

Vijai Nathan

Trish Nelson

Tatenda Ngwaru

Denne Michelle Norris

Tracy O’Neil

Ahna O’Reilly

Lisa Page

Vanessa Pérez-Rosario

Kimberly King Parsons

Litia Perta

Elenore Pienta

Sandy Plácido

Maggie Pouncey

Katie Presley

April K. Quioh

Alisha Rai

Nithya Raman

Mallika Rao

Karen Rinaldi

Lilliam Rivera

Kish Rusek

Melissa Rivero

Domenica Ruta

Neda Senmani

Kristen Scarlett

Kate Schmier

Aurvi Sharma

Maggie Shipstead

Mejdulene B. Shomali

Kio Stark

Madeline Stevens

Darley Stewart

Lynne Steger Strong

Karin Tanabe

Wei Tchou

Rufi Thorpe

KC Trommer

Lena Valencia

Jessica Valenti

Lena Waithe

Jennifer Estaris Wiebe

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