Henry Freedland ⊨

Home is in Oakland, California, with my family.

I’ve worked across print and digital worlds, always somewhere in the vicinity of language and writing, how they work and what they can do.

Currently I’m at Figma as a UX writer. In the past I’ve held roles at Harper’s Magazine, Lapham’s Quarterly, Studio Mercury, and Grammarly.

I’ve also done work for Apple, Morisawa Inc., NY Times, Callaway, Criterion Collection, n+1, and Adobe.

Others, too. I have a LinkedIn with more stuff.

A very few pieces I’ve written in the last decade or so:

“Hell Breaks Loose,” on searching for happiness while reading about hell. “Midwinter Hotel,” a collage essay as an act of living through history. “Motet for the Record,” an homage to Lewis Lapham in his own words. Those are at LQ.

“Source Code,” on how William Shockley’s eugenics reverberate through Silicon Valley. “Leading Questions,” a found poem about the fall of 2016 using op-ed headlines. Those are at n+1.

My most recent (and arguably current) musical project is Absent City. We released an LP called Continue Normal Living in 2020.

In the further past was Tiger Dare, with Wires Over, Wired In. I was also in a latter-day NYC-based iteration of the Moles. We recorded some songs for Code Word.

I started a little co-op record label called Homing Instinct Records to put out my record and others by Bay Area artists.

I’d love to talk if any of this sounds like your thing, too.

You can find me at henry.freedland (at) gmail.com or on Bluesky/Instagram at @hernyfreebland.

I’m a writer, editor, and musician.

I also write, less often than I’d like, at my newsletter/blog called eephus.

Henry Freedland ⊨

I’m a writer, editor, and musician.

Home is in Oakland, California, with my family.

I’ve worked across print and digital worlds, always somewhere in the vicinity of language and writing, how they work and what they can do.

Currently I’m at Figma as a UX writer. In the past I’ve held roles at Harper’s Magazine, Lapham’s Quarterly, Studio Mercury, and Grammarly.

I’ve also done work for Apple, Morisawa Inc., NY Times, Callaway, Criterion Collection, n+1, and Adobe.

Others, too. I have a LinkedIn with more stuff.

A very few pieces I’ve written in the last decade or so:

“Hell Breaks Loose,” on searching for happiness while reading about hell. “Midwinter Hotel,” a collage essay as an act of living through history. “Motet for the Record,” an homage to Lewis Lapham in his own words. Those are at LQ.

“Source Code,” on how William Shockley’s eugenics reverberate through Silicon Valley. “Leading Questions,” a found poem about the fall of 2016 using op-ed headlines. Those are at n+1.

I also write, less often than I’d like, at my newsletter/blog called eephus.

My most recent (and arguably current) musical project is Absent City. We released an LP called Continue Normal Living in 2020.

In the further past was Tiger Dare, with Wires Over, Wired In. I was also in a latter-day NYC-based iteration of the Moles. We recorded some songs for Code Word.

I started a little co-op record label called Homing Instinct Records to put out my record and others by Bay Area artists.

I’d love to talk if any of this sounds like your thing, too.

You can find me at henry.freedland (at) gmail.com or on Bluesky/Instagram at @hernyfreebland.

Henry Freedland ⊨

I’m a writer, editor, and musician.

Home is in Oakland, California, with my family.

I’ve worked across print and digital worlds, always somewhere in the vicinity of language and writing, how they work and what they can do.

Currently I’m at Figma as a UX writer. In the past I’ve held roles at Harper’s Magazine, Lapham’s Quarterly, Studio Mercury, and Grammarly.

I’ve also done work for Apple, Morisawa Inc., NY Times, Callaway, Criterion Collection, n+1, and Adobe.

Others, too. I have a LinkedIn with more stuff.

A very few pieces I’ve written in the last decade or so:

“Hell Breaks Loose,” on searching for happiness while reading about hell. “Midwinter Hotel,” a collage essay as an act of living through history. “Motet for the Record,” an homage to Lewis Lapham in his own words. Those are at LQ.

“Source Code,” on how William Shockley’s eugenics reverberate through Silicon Valley. “Leading Questions,” a found poem about the fall of 2016 using op-ed headlines. Those are at n+1.

I also write, less often than I’d like, at my newsletter/blog called eephus.

My most recent (and arguably current) musical project is Absent City. We released an LP called Continue Normal Living in 2020.

In the further past was Tiger Dare, with Wires Over, Wired In. I was also in a latter-day NYC-based iteration of the Moles. We recorded some songs for Code Word.

I started a little co-op record label called Homing Instinct Records to put out my record and others by Bay Area artists.

I’d love to talk if any of this sounds like your thing, too.

You can find me at henry.freedland (at) gmail.com or on Bluesky/Instagram at @hernyfreebland.