Claire Messud to Publishers Weekly: “What kind of question is that?”
Do you like Jonathan Franzen's characters? David Foster Wallace's? Roth? Then stop asking Claire Messud about hers
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 2:47 PM UTC 15Life Books, Claire Messud
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Whispering sweet post-structuralist nothings
Novelists like Jennifer Egan and Jeffrey Eugenides employ theory jargon as flirty banter. Is this the new rom-com?
Monday, Feb 11, 2013 9:00 PM UTCEntertainment Books, Jonathan Franzen
I love an angry heroin addict
Plus: Let's talk about creativity and writing
Friday, Feb 8, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 24Life Since You Asked, Heroin
Birding: The latest angsty Manhattan craze!
A rich and lovely documentary — starring Jonathan Franzen! — explores the birder subculture of Central Park
Tuesday, Jan 15, 2013 10:48 PM UTC 12Life
Is the novel beyond saving?
Novelists believe they can't compete with the shiny objects on the Internet -- and therein lies the problem
Monday, Jan 14, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 18Entertainment The Weeklings, Novels, literature
Elmore Leonard rips off “Justified”!
The relationship between the creator and the FX hit is as fascinating and complicated as the show itself
Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013 1:00 AM UTCEntertainment TV, Television, Justified
Philip Roth: A eulogy for a living man
Coming to grips with the 78-year-old literary legend's declaration that, after 31 books, his work is done
Saturday, Nov 10, 2012 5:05 PM UTCEntertainment Philip Roth, Jonathan Franzen
Literary realism is dead
Zadie Smith's "NW" charts a bold new path for the novel and offers its readers a unique brand of "authenticity"
Saturday, Oct 20, 2012 9:00 PM UTC 18Life Infinite Jest, Zadie Smith
Jeffrey Eugenides: I don’t know why Jodi Picoult is belly-aching
The novelist tells Salon about Gordon Lish's "Virgin Suicides" edit and dives into debate over reviews and gender
Wednesday, Sep 26, 2012 8:48 PM UTCEntertainment Books, Author Interviews
Jonathan Franzen and the Web will never get along
The author hates Twitter. Twitter hates him right back. Is it possible both sides are right -- and wrong?
Saturday, Mar 10, 2012 8:00 PM UTC 88Entertainment Books, Editor's Picks, Fiction
The private lives of great writers
Like it or not, Edith Wharton's looks and Saul Bellow's sexual problems do shed light on their work
Wednesday, Mar 7, 2012 7:30 PM UTC 61Entertainment Books, Edith Wharton
Franzen doesn’t get Twitter
The author calls it "the ultimate irresponsible medium." But he doesn't understand why people actually tweet
Wednesday, Mar 7, 2012 3:52 PM UTC 62Life Social Media
TV and the novel: A match made in heaven
Long dismissed as a wasteland, television now promises better literary adaptations than the movies
Sunday, Dec 11, 2011 10:00 PM UTC 11Entertainment Television, Fiction
The secret Jonathan Franzen influence, hiding in plain sight
The acclaimed novelist and playwright Tennessee Williams share a hometown -- and much more
Tuesday, Nov 22, 2011 1:00 AM UTCEntertainment Books, Jonathan Franzen
When Jonathan Franzen came to town
I wanted to be the perfect host for the Great American Novelist. Instead I saw how strange literary celebrity is
Wednesday, Jun 22, 2011 12:30 AM UTC 31Life Jonathan Franzen, Academia
Moby Awards honor best, worst book trailers of 2011
From a grumpy Jonathan Franzen to a wacky Gary Shteyngart, a celebration of the viral videos of literary promotion
Friday, Jun 3, 2011 7:45 PM UTCEntertainment Viral Video, Bestsellers
Franzen snubbed by National Book Awards
He won the prestigious prize nine years ago for "The Corrections," but highly touted "Freedom" is not a finalist
Wednesday, Oct 13, 2010 4:12 PM UTC 16Entertainment National Book Awards
Thieves swipe Jonathan Franzen’s glasses
Pranksters asked for $100,000 ransom before eventually returning spectacles to the police
Tuesday, Oct 5, 2010 2:10 PM UTCNews Jonathan Franzen
Reading Club interview: Jonathan Franzen answers your questions
The "Freedom" author discusses "Franzenfreude," Obama's reading choice and the criticism that really hits home
Saturday, Sep 25, 2010 6:01 PM UTC 25Entertainment Salon Reading Club
Why Jonathan Franzen is the wrong face for “Franzenfreude”
Yes, white male writers are too dominant in highbrow literature, but the "Freedom" author is one of the good guys
Friday, Sep 24, 2010 8:45 PM UTC 45Entertainment Salon Reading Club
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