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Our extended cut of Kurt's conversation with Jonathan Franzen, in which the novelist talks about the influence of Tolstoy on his writing, and laments being recognized during a trip to the supermarket...
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Ever since Jonathan Franzen wowed the literary world with his 2001 novel The Corrections, he's been hailed as the next great American writer. Kurt talks to Franzen about the perils of literary success...
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Ever since Jonathan Franzen wowed the literary world with his 2001 novel The Corrections, he's been hailed as the next great American writer. His latest book Freedom, out in paperback later this month,...
View ArticleAmerican Icons: The Great Gatsby
Episodes of false identity, living large, and murder in the suburbs add up to the great American novel.Studio 360 explores F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and finds out how this compact novel...
View ArticleState of Writing
In today's monoculture, are the individual states still distinguishable from one another? The WPA-inspired State By State: A Panoramic Portrait of America includes essays by Jonathan Franzen on New...
View ArticleState By State
Contributers Jonathan Franzen, Rick Moody, and co-editor Sean Wilsey, talk about the book State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America. EventThere will be a reading of the book tonight at The New...
View ArticleJonathan Franzen Talks about Freedom
Jonathan Franzen talks about his latest novel, Freedom. It’s an epic of contemporary love and marriage that comically and tragically captures the temptations and burdens of liberty—the thrills of...
View ArticleThe Twenty-Seventh City, by Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen has been called one of the most important living fiction writers in America. His 2001 novel The Corrections won the National Book Award and Freedom was named as one the best books of...
View ArticleVideo: Questions for Jonathan Franzen
Novelist Jonathan Franzen shares a few of his favorite science fiction books from his high-school days. He also recommends Christina Stead's novel The Man Who Loved Children and Adelle Waldman's debut...
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Jonathan Franzen Asks Us To Imagine a World Without Birds
Jonathan Franzen is most famous as the bestselling author of "The Corrections" and "Freedom."But when he's not busy fielding nominations for Pulitzers, he's involved in a passionate fight against the...
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