Farther Away by Jonathan Franzen

By Sean Hoen at 2:18 PM on August 14, 2012

To approach Jonathan Franzen in 2012 is, for the book reviewer (which almost invariably connotes an aspiring writer), a daunting task.  read more

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Noted Anti-eBook Author Jonathan Franzen Signs a Kindle

By Adam Vitcavage at 3:44 PM on March 8, 2012

Noted eReader hater Jonathan Franzen was convinced by a fan to sign an Amazon Kindle recently. The author of The Corrections and Freedom reluctantly signed the back of the device where the author also added “SIGNED KINDLE” with his autograph. As noted, Franzen often voices his distaste for digital books and earlier this year stated, “When I read a book, I’m handling a specific object in a specific time and place. The fact that when I take the book off the shelf it still says the same thing – that’s reassuring.” Here’s a larger photo of the signed Kindle: ...  read more

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2010 Person of the Year in Fiction: Jonathan Franzen

By Jennifer Haigh at 11:26 AM on January 20, 2011

Franzen has crafted an eminently accessible, utterly populist work of fiction in which the reading public recognizes itself.  read more

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Some Books You Could Read That Weren't Written By Snooki

By Austin L. Ray at 7:30 AM on January 5, 2011

Unless you're really into peach-shaking, farting protagonists, you might wanna try out one of these books instead...  read more

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Watch Jonathan Franzen Talk About The Mekons

By Beca Grimm at 8:00 AM on November 24, 2010

The clip comes via the Kickstarter-funded documentary, Revenge of the Mekons...  read more

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Awesome of the Day: The AJC Decatur Book Festival

By Josh Jackson at 10:50 AM on September 3, 2010

This weekend, more than 300 authors and thousands of readers will descend upon our little city of Decatur, Ga., for the largest independent book festival in the U.S. Jonathan Franzen will launch his new novel Freedom here. He’ll be joined by George Dawes Green (founder of The Moth), Pulitzer Prize winners David Finkel and Nathasha Trethewey and Paste books editor Charles McNair....  read more

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