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Jonathan Franzen

  1. rhojf
    The Real Housewives of Jonathan FranzenIn suburbia, the plight of Franzen’s housewives is of a piece with their entrapment.
    By Rafaela Bassili
  2. book review
    A So-So Franzen Novel Is Still Better Than Most Books. That Said …In Crossroads, too many boring characters are boring in the same way.
    By Molly Young
  3. a long talk
    Jonathan Franzen Thinks People Can ChangeEven if, as his book Crossroads suggests, it’s nearly impossible to make it stick.
    By Merve Emre
  4. fall preview 2021
    40 Books We Can’t Wait to Read This FallIncluding Sally Rooney, Colson Whitehead, Tiphanie Yanique, and, yes, Jonathan Franzen.
  5. 2021 preview
    46 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2021With new novels by Kazuo Ishiguro, Rachel Cusk, and more.
  6. what were the 2010s?
    Gone BoysWhere are the Jonathans of yesteryear? Female authors dominated the 2010s, and replaced the Great American Novel with something better.
    By Hillary Kelly
  7. book excerpt
    It Feels Great to Successfully Call Out Sexism in Media (and Jonathan Franzen)An excerpt from Jennifer Weiner’s new memoir, Hungry Heart. 
    By Jennifer Weiner
  8. the industry
    Showtime Picks Up Daniel Craig Purity AdaptationShooting on the 20-episode series starts next year.
    By Nate Jones
  9. this! is! jeopardy!
    Here’s What You Missed on Jonathan Franzen’s Jeopardy! AppearanceSuch a charmer.
    By Devon Ivie
  10. quotable notables
    Louis C.K., Jonathan Franzen to Be on JeopardyAlso Melissa Harris-Perry, Anderson Cooper, and Al Franken.
    By Karen Brill
  11. last night on late night
    Jonathan Franzen Reads Stephen Colbert a Bedtime Story; Sticks It to Amazon“Is the wolf a metaphor for something?”
    By Jesse David Fox
  12. vulture lists
    7 Books You Need to Read This SeptemberEach month, Boris Kachka offers nonfiction and fiction book recommendations. You should read as many of them as possible.
    By Boris Kachka
  13. How Jonathan Franzen Became America’s Leading Public MoralistOur foremost novelist as pundit.
    By Christian Lorentzen
  14. books
    Jonathan Franzen Wanted to Adopt an Iraqi OrphanPhew.
    By E. Alex Jung
  15. Jonathan Franzen, Elena Ferrante, and 8 More of BookExpo’s Hottest GalleysFranzen! Ferrante! 
    By Boris Kachka
  16. 14 Nuggets From Jonathan Franzen’s Book Expo Q&ASo how “plotty” is Purity, anyway?
    By Boris Kachka
  17. department of complaints
    Jonathan Franzen Hasn’t Read Jennifer WeinerHe doesn’t like her, though.
    By Margaret Lyons
  18. books
    Jonathan Franzen’s Next Book Is Coming in 2015It’s called Purity.
    By Nate Jones
  19. literary life
    Jonathan Franzen Will Have a BiographyBut it’s not going to be gossipy.
    By E. Alex Jung
  20. year in culture 2013
    The Year in Entertainment Lightning Rods: Scandals, Stories, Beefs, and TwerkingMiley, Kanye, Candy Crush, Girls’ Patrick Wilson episode: These are the things that got people all wound up in 2013.
    By Margaret Lyons
  21. chat room
    Justin Long on Tusk and Jonathan Franzen“He calls me insufferably smug … Which I think is a little heavy-handed.”
    By Patti Greco
  22. boooooo
    Everything Jonathan Franzen Currently HatesThe complete list of digruntlement, as plucked from his footnotes in The Kraus Project.
    By Boris Kachka
  23. stuff jonathan franzen hates
    Jonathan Franzen Still Doesn’t Like the InternetOr your MacBook Air.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  24. blurbs
    Jonathan Franzen Is ‘Out of the Blurb Business’Is there a reason to write novels anymore?
    By Jesse David Fox
  25. sunday reads
    Sunday Reads: Jonathan Franzen, D’Angelo, and Moonrise Kingdom PrepLong reads for your long weekend.
    By Caroline Bankoff and Andre Tartar
  26. bret easton ellis
    Bret Easton Ellis Is Very Team Franzen“Man-up and deal with it, guys.”
    By Amanda Dobbins
  27. stuff jonathan franzen hates
    Why Does Jonathan Franzen Hate Twitter So Much?“Twitter stands for everything I oppose.”
    By Margaret Lyons
  28. party chat
    Jonathan Franzen on the TV Version of The Corrections“It’ll be like no TV I’ve ever seen.”
    By Jennifer Vineyard
  29. tv
    HBO’s The Corrections Is Officially OfficialThe pilot is under way.
    By Brett Smiley
  30. tv
    Dianne Wiest, Chris Cooper Boarding The CorrectionsThey’ll star in HBO’s adaptation of the Jonathan Franzen novel.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  31. literary scandal?
    Did David Foster Wallace Fudge That Cruise Piece?So said Franzen at ‘The New Yorker’ Festival.
    By Andre Tartar
  32. The Corrections TV Deal ConfirmedHBO to adapt Jonathan Franzen’s 2001 novel.
    By Andre Tartar
  33. the vulture transcript
    A Visit From the Goon Squad Author Jennifer Egan on Reaping Awards and Dodging Literary FeudsAn apology to Jennifer Weiner for Egan’s chick-lit dismissal: “The person who’s criticizing should know what they’re saying and whom they’re criticizing. I was just vague on my facts.”
    By Boris Kachka
  34. high
    Jonathan Franzen Keeps Weed in His FreezerWe know because Elif Batuman asked him.
    By Willa Paskin
  35. dfw
    Jonathan Franzen on David Foster Wallace“It was still hard not to feel wounded by the part of him that had chose the adulation of strangers over the love of the people closest to him.”
    By Willa Paskin
  36. final round
    Jonathan Franzen and Oprah Hash It Out“I spoke in very long sentences, and little pieces of those sentences sounded bad, and your feelings were probably understandably hurt, and next thing we knew it had become this thing.”
    By Willa Paskin
  37. books
    Jonathan Franzen’s National Book Award Snub Was No Snub at AllAwards, notoriously, mean almost nothing — particularly in literature.
    By Sam Anderson
  38. prizes
    Jonathan Franzen Won’t Be Getting a National Book Award’Freedom’ wasn’t nominated for the prize.
    By Willa Paskin
  39. lit crimes
    Guy Who Stole Franzen’s Glasses Was Just BoredAnd a party crasher.
    By Willa Paskin
  40. clickables
    Hear Three Songs That Make Jonathan Franzen CryThe ‘Freedom’ author isn’t brought to tears by R.E.M. and Eric Clapton like the average man.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  41. lit crimes
    Thieves Steal Glasses Right Off Jonathan Franzen’s FaceSomeone really wanted a piece of Franzen
    By Willa Paskin
  42. franzen
    Freedom: Recalled in the U.K.!80,000 copies of Jonathan Franzen’s novel contained errors.
    By Willa Paskin
  43. reconciliation
    Jonathan Franzen and Oprah Make Up?Franzen and Oprah kiss and make up.
    By Willa Paskin
  44. jonathan franzen
    Franzen: Picoult Not Totally Wrong About the Times Favoring White Men“I actually have a lot of those feelings myself.”
    By Mike Vilensky
  45. freedom
    Scott Rudin’s Bookshelf: What Hasn’t He Made?He’s still working on ‘The Corrections.’
    By Lane Brown
  46. quote machine
    Jon Hamm’s Handsomeness All an ActPlus: Jonathan Franzen thinks he looks shifty.
  47. books
    Can Jonathan Franzen Handle the Scrutiny?The book is still a day away from being the news. For now, it’s still him.
    By Nitsuh Abebe
  48. freedom
    Update: Franzen’s Freedom Briefly LeakedIt was up on Amazon yesterday, four whole days before its official release.
    By Lane Brown
  49. books
    Read an Excerpt From Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom1,300 words!
    By Edith Zimmerman
  50. author versus author
    Jodi Picoult: ‘The Times Favors White Male Authors’Jodi!
    By Mike Vilensky
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