Jonathan Franzen
At the Crossroads with Jonathan Franzen and Gerhard Forde
God must barge in and interrupt our lives.
September 25 – October 1
Evil Everywhere, Franzen’s Crossroads, Self-Objectification, Cleansing a Bookstore, and Rick Steves Goes to Westeros.
“It’s a Nice Day for a Run” and Other Strange Things to Say: Some Thoughts on Our Pursuit of Pain
It was the closest thing to hell I’ve experienced: my whole body hurt. A dull […]
From the Archives: Not Much of a Technology Person?
Been a while since we’ve talked about this, or heard from this guy. So here […]
The Internet and the Ache in Franzen’s Purity
Jonathan Franzen’s new novel, Purity, came out last week, and although it temporarily cost me […]
Trapped in The Corrections: Family Life in Franzen and Boyhood
Back in March, my Dad took a week away from work, and we spent spring […]
Is Contemporary Literature Post-Christian?
An essay in last week’s NYTimes written by Paul Elie grabbed my attention, prodded me […]
Jonathan Franzen on Influence, Connection, and Kafka (not to mention Intimacy, Control and David Foster Wallace)
Piggybacking off of Ethan’s wonderful post on The Art of Fielding, here are two phenomenal quotes […]
Another Week Ends: Blue Like Jazz, Youth Ministry, Franzen, Facebook, and Harvard Grads
Filling in for DZ this week as the Mockingbird Conference is now in full swing! […]
Everything That Is Deep Loves the Mask: Jonathan Franzen in The Paris Review
I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of author Jonathan Franzen’s recent interviews. He not […]
Franzen on Technological Grace, The Dangers of Liking and the Cost of Loving
So what is it about Kenyon College that inspires such great commencement speeches?! Maybe it’s […]
The Screwtaping of David Foster Wallace – According to Jonathan Franzen
An absolute must-read from the April 18th issue of The New Yorker, Jonathan Franzen’s devastating […]
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